http://www.davidnoer.com/blog/?p=175 Healing the Wounds, book Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:16:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.davidnoer.com/blog/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-50 David Noer Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:59:43 +0000 http://www.davidnoer.com/blog/?p=175#comment-50 Chris, I think you are right. I think the future will involve a lot more contractual type employment relationships. In the book, I talk about a framework for making this happen. Thanks for the comment. Chris, I think you are right. I think the future will involve a lot more contractual type employment relationships. In the book, I talk about a framework for making this happen. Thanks for the comment.

]]> http://www.davidnoer.com/blog/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-49 Chris Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:08:49 +0000 http://www.davidnoer.com/blog/?p=175#comment-49 Hi - I agree with your idea of cautious loyalty and would take it a step further in that in the future we will all be independent contractors working for multiple firms on "assignment" GLOBALLY. Blue collar workers will mostly be working for effectively temp agencies or on contract. As in Japan, lifetime employment is feasible during long periods of economic growth (stage) but in a mature and declining economy such as the US and Japan, oversupply and price competition forces firms to cut more aggressively. Structural volatility increases as a result. Hi – I agree with your idea of cautious loyalty and would take it a step further in that in the future we will all be
independent contractors working for multiple firms on “assignment” GLOBALLY. Blue collar workers will mostly be
working for effectively temp agencies or on contract. As in Japan, lifetime employment is feasible during
long periods of economic growth (stage) but in a mature and declining economy such as the US and Japan,
oversupply and price competition forces firms to cut more aggressively. Structural volatility increases as a
result.

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