The Herman Trend Alert: Self-Driving Trucks Are Here (Pt. 1)
While cars drive on all kinds of roads, freightliners are typically long-haul trucks – mostly found on long highways and freeways. Thus, designing (and programming) self-driving freight trucks is much easier than the same processes for self-driving cars.
The Herman Trend Alert: Reskilling The World
Think for a moment about how many jobs did not exist 10 years ago. There are even more that did not exist 20 years ago. Researchers forecast that as technology evolves, many jobs that exist today will vanish in 20 to 30 years. So how do we future-proof our job skill set?
The Herman Trend Alert – Employees: The Greatest Cybersecurity Threat
Cyber hacking is not going away and moreover, it is expected to become increasingly sophisticated.
The Herman Trend Alert: Workspace Evolution
The upside of open floor plans and cubicle forests was that organizations could fit more people into less space. However, we now know that rather than encouraging productivity and engagement, those layouts fostered boredom and malaise.
The Herman Trend Alert: The Payoff From Emotional Connections
Successful brands associate usage of their product or service with their customers’ and prospects’ aspirational feelings. When companies connect with customers’ emotions, the payoff can be huge, including significant increases in business.
Herman Trend Alert: Retire Or Not? A Global Look
According to a recent survey by Harris for CareerBuilder, 30 percent of workers in the United States, ages 60 and older, plan to retire at age 70 or even older.
The Herman Trend Alert: Employee Engagement Today And Tomorrow
People want to know where they stand – at all times. Unfortunately, even in the best-scoring organizations, only 80 percent of the employees said they received regular feedback from their managers.
The Herman Trend Alert: Employability In The New World Of Work
As the result of globalization, competition and the economic recession, the work environment has changed a lot. A few years ago, front-line employees might expect to invest their entire work lives with one company. Now, according to Forrester Research, an entry-level person is likely to have 12 to 15 jobs in a lifetime with several organizations.
The Herman Trend Alert: Boosting Business Opportunities At Airports
Now in the testing phase, VINCI Airports is experimenting with a new app called “Business in the Air,” aiming to introduce new business contacts at the airport to each other. Beginning with Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, airports, the app allows business travelers to make the most of waiting times by boosting business opportunities.
The Herman Trend Alert: Not-So-Conspicuous Consumption On The Rise
Though Russian oligarchs and affluent billionaires will still demonstrate their wealth with large estates, super yachts and Rolls Royce automobiles, there is a new class of elite emerging.
