Narrowly Defined Technical Roles will No Longer Be the Answer to Growth
In a recent LinkedIn survey of employerâs most sought-after soft skills in 2018, â57% of leaders say soft skills are more important than hard skillsâ (LinkedIn). Globalization and innovation have…
How User Experience is Driving the Hiring of More Liberal Arts Majors
The software company Infosys is hiring Liberal Arts majors. In fact 20-30% of its future workforce are Liberal Arts majors. Why? Because their technology solutions are built on user experiences,…
Communication Competence For Effective Leadership in STEM
In a time where each job posting has hundreds of applicants and success as a job seeker is heavily based on how you present yourself, effective communication can make a…
Getting the Conversation Right: Literature Degrees for Jobs in Artificial Intelligence
CASE #! : Emma Williams. PhD in Skandinavian Mythology. Silicon Valley, Microsoft, Bing Studios. “Along the way, Williams developed a career philosophy about  the connection between humanities degrees and jobs…
When Machines Take Your Job: Your Liberal Arts Background Will Save You
It’s become a truism that machines will threaten jobs because, well, it’s true. Forrester tallied up 24.7 million jobs getting the axe due to machines by 2027. The silver lining…
Rising Above the Code
“While weâve hired many computer-science majors that have been critical team members, Itâs noncomputer science degree holders who can see the forest through the trees. For example, our chief operating…
Why It is Imperative to Tighten the Bonds Between the Humanities and Technology
“So I’m asking you to remember that behind every algorithm is always a person, a person with a set of personal beliefs that no code can ever completely eradicate. And…
Calling All Writers! A Wave of New Jobs at the Intersection of Human and Artificial Intelligence
As tech behemoths and a wave of start-ups double down on virtual assistants that can chat with human beings, writing for AI is becoming a hot job in Silicon Valley….
Tim O’Reilly: Why Tech Needs the Classics
“Knowing how to code is only one piece of the puzzle. Tim OâReilly writes well â and he knows how to build up a team of capable writers and editors…
Walter Isaacson Reveals the Secret to Innovation
â’The real value creation, especially in the technological revolution, is not just from the engineers but the people who connect the humanities to technology, or the arts to science,’ he…
The In-House Historian at Ubisoft
On October 14th, 2014 WIRED.co.uk published an interview with Maxime Durand, the historian hired at Ubisoft to create the video game called Assassin’s Creed: Unity. In this piece, Durand speaks…
How Music Led to the Creation of Google
On November 18th, 2014, Fortune published an article on Larry Page, co-founder of Google, titled “How music education influenced Larry Page.” Here is an extract from the article: “As Google…
Creative Computers: What the Overlap of Programming and Poetry Teaches us about Creativity
Writing programs in Python requires the sort of precision most of my writing doesnât demand. A missing letter, an extra comma, or a poorly arranged phrase are more than just confusing; the smallest spelling mistake will stop the…
Why Top Tech CEOs Want Employees With Liberal Arts Degrees
While the tech boom is partly responsible for the spike in students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math, many tech CEOs still believe employees trained in the liberal arts…
Minecraft Anyone?: Encouraging a New Generation Computer Scientists and Humanists
Originally published in The Huffington Post on July 29th, 2014 Does your son or daughter play Minecraft? And do you stand before that screen wondering what it’s all about, and how it’s possible that your kid doesn’t get…
Screen Literacy for the Next Generation: How the Arts & Humanities Matter
If your child is anything like mine, he or she is probably spending a lot of time in front of the computer, playing Minecraft, watching YouTube videos, dancing before the…
Combining Robotics With Poetry? Art and Engineering Can Co-Exist
The move to include art and design in the push to advance science, engineering, and math is not just a âfeel-goodâ move. Itâs critical to the future economy and familiesâ…
Skills For the Computerized Workplace of the Twenty-first Century
A review of “Dancing with Robots” by Frank Levy and Richard Murnane (available as pdf through the link in the title) In Dancing with Robots, Frank Levy and Richard Murnane provide a fascinating study on the changing North American workplace and how…
Want Innovative Thinking? Hire from the Humanities
How many people in your organization are innovative thinkers who can help with your thorniest strategy problems? How many have a keen understanding of customer needs? How many understand what…
Google’s in-house Philosopher: “Technologists Need a Moral Operating System”
Horowitz said, “We have stronger opinions about our handheld devices than about the moral framework we should use to guide our decisions.” The obvious response is that technology-makers aren’t supposed…
The Art World the Millennial Way
Food for Thought: What Does “Service” and “Leadership” Mean to You?
Pursuing a New Perspective in Medicine
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table