The Digital Life #121: On Open Organizations Episode Summary On this episode of The Digital Life, we discuss open organization culture in theory and in practice. As the creative economy continues to grow and evolve, knowledge workers are discovering and
Compensation and transparency
Originally published on the Facio blog Companies that talk the whole transparency talk almost always draw the line on the historically most sensitive of topics: compensation. There is a notion that compensation is too sensitive, that letting everyone know what
Finding yourself
Originally published on the Facio blog Have you ever heard the axiom that waiting until you are 25 to get married gives you the greatest chance of happiness and success in that marriage? Like most axioms, it does not account
Triangulating your career, Part 2
Originally published on the Facio blog Last week we looked at the three big questions you should be asking yourself in order to make the best choices about your career. This week we will talk about when and why you
Triangulating your career, Part 1
Originally published on the Facio blog When thinking about your career, there are three primary tensions that must be reconciled to create satisfaction for yourself professionally: 1. What do I want to be doing? I remember at the start of
Just Rewards
Originally posted on the Facio blog We’ve all looked at someone we work with and thought, “How can THAT person possibly make more than I do?” The short answer is the job market is a highly inefficient system that makes
Getting a Better Start: Serve and Explore
Originally published on the Facio blog The two things we’ve talked about so far – teaching self-understanding from a young age, and channeling students earlier into more specific courses of study – require significant changes to the existing school systems,
Getting a Better Start: Channel Early
Originally published on the Facio blog I’m glad to be alive in this day and age. My skills are generally intellectual and persuasive in nature, and they lend themselves to a knowledge economy and democratic openness. The way “the system”
Getting a Better Start: Begin Early
Originally published on the Facio blog How old were you when you had a really crisp understanding of who you are? I was 25. I stumbled upon David Keirsey’s work, and it revealed to me – for the first time
Getting a Better Start: Introduction
Originally published on the Facio blog Did you know that 80% of college students change their majors? And the average college student changes their major three times? While perhaps dismissed as “just part of the process”, it speaks to a