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To steal a quote from one of my favourite films, Groundhog Day, this week's guest is, "Punxsutawney Chris, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Talent Prophet Extraordinary...". Chris Long has been in the talent industry for over 25 years, even starting when fax machines (remember them, kids?!) were a central part of a recruitment agency's toolkit. Fast forward to today, where he works at the cutting edge of innovation and is an in-demand speaker at talent conferences around the globe. His presentations about the future of work and how to integrate new technology into existing tech stacks leave audiences wowed and inspired in equal measure. An avid reader and student of his craft, Chris launched his consultancy, Elev8, in 2019 to help organisations with digital transformation and total workforce planning. We spoke about his early career in the cut-throat late-90s UK recruitment market, where his passion for new technology came from and what talent trends are we likely to see in 2025. Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, was accurate 39% of the time. Chris, on the other hand, tends to get it right a lot more regularly, making this conversation well worth a listen. Chris' recommendation for new tech to try out is Google's NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool that helps users understand complex information. Enjoy! Check out this episode, along with recent conversations with Paola Piccinno, Rohan Watt and Amber Ward here: Apple - https://lnkd.in/gKV-7HAU Spotify - https://lnkd.in/giw6Mzcb #scalr #scalrsagecast #scalrstrategy #talentinnovation

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"Productivity culture and personal productivity books and productivity seminars and all the rest of it has been completely uncorrelated with any kind of improvement in productivity ..." Sad but true. I think this is a period of change with regard to productivity. Where quantifiable improvements are possible by virtue of automation and AI. But this will bring into focus the more important question, of focusing on what is meaningful rather than just something that may show up in GDP numbers. Something that this article from Oliver Burkeman in the Financial Times deals with as a tease to Oliver's book. Plus, as someone who gave up on 'inbox zero' a long time ago, I found these comments reassuring. #workingcleverly #workflowautomation #operations #productivity https://lnkd.in/eHFAgs3Z

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A little different post than my usual finance related posts on LinkedIn. "Notion" is probably the best note-taking/second-mind app I have ever used. It is dynamic, flexible, powerful, and makes my life so much easier to handle various tasks, control notes, and utilize my brain more efficiently. I don't think I have ever used more valuable system of organizing knowledge before in my life. 10/10 Recommend. Here's an example of my notes from a 'Financial Crises' class. I can attach links, notes, images, videos, AI enabled texts, tasks (ToDos), integrate it with Calendar, and everything that you need to do in your professional and personal life. It's a gamechanger. #Notion #NoteTaking #SecondBrain

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