Why is the full-time job dead, and what’s taking its place? How can slack be used in business as a competitive advantage? Why don’t we just kill off the deadliest creature known to mankind (the mosquito)? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute this week about what’s important right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
The full time job is dead. Welcome to the age of microcareers.
https://t.co/C2Ajxjirnr by @kmaney https://t.co/PCAGOxXho4
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) June 11, 2015
What's the history of #swimming pools in the US? And what's #race have to do with it? via @NPR –> http://t.co/TzC8bdm85y #ProjectPlay
— Aspen Inst Sports (@AspenInstSports) June 10, 2015
"Poor governance, deteriorating humanitarian conditions, and conflict often go hand-in-hand." -Sandy Berger https://t.co/VhmYhdgy7Q
— Aspen Strategy Group (@AspenStrategy) June 10, 2015
So tempting! Why don't we just kill every mosquito on Earth?http://t.co/vwa0GgFbou via @slate @EstherNgumbi @UtibeEffiongMD
— Aspen New Voices (@AspenNewVoices) June 10, 2015
Slack–not overwork– is a competitive advantage, says @zeynepton. http://t.co/A2XHSkBLEf #talkgoodjobs
— Workforce Strategies (@AspenWorkforce) June 10, 2015
A new kind of Rx is in the hands of Detroit children as they leave doctors' offices. An Rx for books. http://t.co/ehWZBX5ze6 @RxReading
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) June 9, 2015
