Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
According to a Gallup study, only 30% of people feel engaged at work, and of the 70% some people are pretty discontented. Management is a big issue.
I know none of us are surprised, but it’s worth a read to get the fine details. I’m curious as to what this disconnect is going to do long-term if it’s not addressed. I don’t see it improving or staying stable, I see people getting more bitter.
– Steven
Well it looks like Amazon started something (which Amazon is in the habit of doing), and more license-holders have signed on to their licensed fanfic plan.
Specifically they added Valiant Entertainment, which does not surprise me as Valiant has a fascinating history of ups, downs, morphing, and experiments.
What also is intriguing is this is fiction on comic properties – will Amazon be open to fancomics at some point?
How interesting is this? Well, I tagged my calendar to help us track what’s up here. In the areas of licensing, publishing, writing careers, and more this is going to get pretty interesting.
– Steven
Sustainability is a big thing to discuss, mostly as we watch a world of changing climate and resourcing issues come about there’s more awareness. It’s probably a few years behind, but its there.
Of course there’s other kinds of sustainability to discuss as well. We learned that an ever-inflating home markets are unsustainable. We’re learning that a blockbuster-driven Hollywood is unsustainable. Seems like a lot of stuff isn’t sustainable and we’re very surprised about that since people have only been warning us for ages.
(Do I sound bitter? I was mistrusting the housing market before it was cool. Oh gods, I’m an Econohipster.)
But out of our various looming disasters, I want to narrow down and discuss a kind of sustainability that we often miss -and that is illustrative of survivability, systems, and having a functional life.
Career sustainability.