Dan Pink talking about Drive

by Barrie Hopson on March 10, 2010 · 2 comments

in Motivated Skills, New ways of working, worl/life blend

Dan Pink has just had his latest book, Drive, published in the US. You may be familiar with his previous 2 ground breaking books, A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation. His work is always highly stimulating and readable. This is an interview with him discussing his new book.

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Katie on portfolio careers

by Barrie Hopson on March 9, 2010 · 0 comments

in The Book, portfolio careers

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Flexible working

8 March 2010

Just discovered this website and organisation totally devoted to flexible working. Now not all portfolio workers work flexibly and not all flexible workers want to have portfolio careers but we have much in common in terms of what we are looking for in work. We want a better work/life blend and are seeking a way [...]

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Barrie on portfolio careers

7 March 2010
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Are you a workaholic?

6 March 2010

Came across this very funny ad  recently and it reminded me of me at certain times in my life – painful – but also of other portfolio workers that I know. Just remember about work/life blend……

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Work/Life Balance Outranks Salary on UK Job Seekers’ Priority List

4 March 2010

If you have read our book then you will know that we prefer work life blend to work life balance as the latter suggests that it is either one or the other. Far too simplistic. But having said that a new study from Simply Hired, the largest search engine for jobs,  announced that work/life balance [...]

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The state of the internet

3 March 2010

In our book we talk about the exponential growth of new technology. This video says it all and in mind blowing visual images.
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

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Why you can’t work at work

2 March 2010

This is the title of a quite controversial piece by Jason Fried on why traditional work places are probably the most inefficient and unsatisfying places to work. Constant interruptions, meetings and bugged by managers. This is certainly one of the reasons that portfolio workers give us as to why they really do not want to [...]

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Wanted: People with a portfolio career and over 50

28 February 2010

Most of you will be aware that the other main project in which I am involved is the pluses of being 50+. We have had a great deal of positive publicity for this and recently in talking to a journalist in Leeds she was especially interested in talking with some people who are over 50 [...]

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Finding Your Passion When You Don’t Know What You Want

28 February 2010

I came across this posting from Janet Cranford in the US and liked it so much I asked her if we could use it as a guest posting to which she has agreed. Her site is well worth looking at as she is an experienced Career and Life Transition Coach focusing on the over 50’s [...]

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