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What to do if you hate your career

Jenni Lloyd at UX Brighton 2016

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Books, research, ideas and people referenced in this talk.

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Concepts

  • Maslow's hierarchy of needs15:57Jenni says Maslow argued that people satisfy basic needs such as warmth, safety and security before focusing on personal growth and development.
  • Jobs to Be Done18:43Jenni says there is a job to be done in relation to low employee engagement and a productivity gap, while noting that the relationship is correlational rather than proven causal.

Projects and resources

  • The Future of Jobs Report 201619:22Jenni cites a World Economic Forum report estimating that 7.1 million jobs could be lost through redundancy, automation or disintermediation and 2.1 million new jobs could be created.
  • FutureFest 201619:59Jenni says she went to FutureFest while exploring what future jobs might look like.
  • Nesta20:00Jenni says she went to a Nesta conference while exploring what future jobs might look like.

Books

  • Drive27:18Jenni says experiments in the research behind Drive found that paying people to perform tasks requiring even a small amount of cognitive skill led to worse performance.