Welcome to The New Normal

By: Powell Software
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  • Summary

  • In this series, we’ll be discussing the stories, the thinking, and the research... around the emerging megatrends that are shaping the way we live... and the way we work, as the economy recovers, and we emerge into the New Normal.
    Powell Software 2021
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Career Success Economics Politics & Government
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Episodes
  • Should we all be working weekends?

    Should we all be working weekends?
    Nov 10 2021

    Episode 20 - Would you like to be able to work seven days a week? Is time off at weekends non-negotiable, or should all jobs be flexible enough to get some of your hours done at weekends? One company is trying it out, and it seems to be working. But research shows that our free time is increasingly limited, and we’re a long way off economist John Meynard Keynes’ 1930s prediction that by now we’d all be working 15-hour weeks.
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    9 mins
  • The ‘Big Quit’ goes global

    The ‘Big Quit’ goes global
    Nov 3 2021

    Episode 19 - The number of people quitting their jobs has hit record numbers in the US. The soc-called “Big Resignation”, or the “Big Quit”, is impacting all industries is going global. In this episode we discuss the causes, why it’s affecting jobs across the economy, and what it means for the future as wages climb competitively, and may well push inflation higher.
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    11 mins
  • Phone calls go the way of the dodo

    Phone calls go the way of the dodo
    Oct 20 2021

    Episode 18 - Employers need to accept that young people don’t like phone calls. News that ringtone downloads are in terminal decline highlights just how much the way we use their phones is changing, and what might have been acceptable 10 years.
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    9 mins

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