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What if Human Labor Was an Asset, not an Expense?

People add more to a business than their salary expense. What if the books reflected that?

9 min readNov 11, 2019

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The Dictionary of Occupational Titles

The History of Classifying Occupations and How It Effects Our Perception of Work

5 min readAug 12, 2020

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The Dictionary of Occupational Titles

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The Five Hidden Forces That Help Determine a Worker’s Value

How Michael E. Porter’s seminal model can help us plan for the future of work

8 min readSep 16, 2019

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The Service Cycle

How modern-day service work and 19th-century farm labor may be more similar than you realize

6 min readNov 21, 2021

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The Service Cycle

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How the World Works: Unpacking Labor Policies in Selected Countries

A comparison of the minimum wage, annual leave, unionization, and corporate governance around the world

12 min readJun 14, 2021

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How the World Works: Unpacking Labor Policies in Selected Countries

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How We Define “Skilled” Work

And the problems with our classification systems

7 min readJan 30, 2021

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How We Define “Skilled” Work

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The Floor and Ceiling Approaches to Income Redistribution

A Brief Overview of the Current (And Potential) Regulatory Solutions To Address Income and Wealth Inequality in the United States

8 min readNov 27, 2020

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How the Pandemic Has Catalyzed the Future of Work

Lessons Learned From Industry Experts at the 2020 Jobs For the Future Horizons Conference

6 min readJun 17, 2020

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How the Pandemic Has Catalyzed the Future of Work

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Workforce Development in Malaysia

A Brief Overview of the Labor Landscape in this Dynamic Southeast Asian Country

5 min readMay 15, 2020

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Workforce Development in Malaysia

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The Dangers of Decoupling

What Our Failed Startup Can Teach Others About Organizational Distance

6 min readApr 14, 2020

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Amanda Silver

Amanda Silver

Workplace researcher and storyteller; passionate about using operations to improve jobs. Subscribe to Workable for news on changing work: https://bit.ly/2LAonT2

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