• Blog
  • About
  • Archives

elemental links

brenda michelson's technology advisory practice

Link Collection — July 29, 2012

July 29, 2012 By brenda michelson

  • Skills That Will Remain in Demand In a Computer-Rich World

    “How do we win the “man-vs.-machine” battle?

    The key is not to compete, but to partner — to develop new ways of combining human skills with ever-more-powerful technology to create value.

    Another key, on a more personal level, is to work on skills that help you couple the best of human creativity with computer power. These kinds of jobs are where many of the best future opportunities will lie.”

    Skills needed according to Brynjolfsson and McAfee: Applied math & stats, negotiation and group dynamics, good writing, framing problems and solving open-ended problems, persuasion, human interaction and nurturing.

    tags: skills digital

  • Life’s Work: Sally Ride – Harvard Business Review

    “Sally Ride thought she’d grow up to be a physics professor, and she did. But before that, she became the first American woman in space. She went on to found Sally Ride Science, a company focused on improving science education for kids, which she called a “business imperative for the country.” She died in July, at age 61, just weeks after talking with HBR. Interviewed by Alison Beard”

    tags: sallyride stem

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: links


Brenda M. Michelson

Brenda Michelson

Technology Architect.

Trusted Advisor.

(BIO)

  • Email
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Experts Sketch
  • PEW Research: Tech Saturation, Well-Being and (my) Remedies
  • technology knowledge premise
  • The Curse of Knowledge
  • better problems and technology knowledge transfer

Recent Tweets

  • Finding the lead refills and simultaneously misplacing the mechanical pencil appear strongly correlated. Yesterday at 4:30 pm
  • If it’s taking 20+ years to define the thing, maybe it’s not actually a thing... February 25, 2021 5:29 pm
  • Adventure Tourism for your brains. (credit to the esteemed @ruthmalan) https://t.co/7Z9478WagA February 24, 2021 3:49 pm
© 2004-2021 Elemental Links, Inc.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.