The Panama Canal. How massive ships are raised to heights using just water.

The Panama Canal. How massive ships are raised to heights using just water. pic.twitter.com/cobmvyLPua

— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) December 10, 2025

A smarter economy puts women's skills to work

 

12min clip - Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work

22min clip - How Inland Waterways Work

4min 22sec clip - Would a Submarine Work as a Spaceship?

an @ONS graph - Work-related spending, including commuting fuel costs, continues to rise

Work-related spending, including commuting fuel costs, continues to rise 

 Credit and debit card transactions, from CHAPS data, non-seasonally adjusted

7min 27sec @newyorker clip - Do Personality Tests Like Myers-Briggs Actually Work?

3min 10sec clip - Radical advancements to keep an eye on in 2021: Remote work

4min 18sec clip - Nine Lies About Work

found via a friday mailing email from nick.shepherd@churchofengland.org

text from youtube "A new book talks about some lies that leaders believe about the workplace and gives the truths that go along with those. 9 Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by: Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall

Quick Summary of Book - It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure, that just ain’t so.* —MARK TWAIN

The Lies:
LIE #1 People care which company they work for
LIE #2 The best plan wins
LIE #3 The best companies cascade goals
LIE #4 The best people are well-rounded
LIE #5 People need feedback
LIE #6 People can reliably rate other people
LIE #7 People have potential
LIE #8 Work-life balance matters most
LIE #9 Leadership is a thing

The Truths:
TRUTH #1 People care which team they’re on (Because that’s where work actually happens.)
TRUTH #2 The best intelligence wins (Because the world moves too fast for plans.)
TRUTH #3 The best companies cascade meaning (Because people want to know what they all share.)
TRUTH #4 The best people are spiky (Because uniqueness is a feature, not a bug.)
TRUTH #5 People need attention (Because we all want to be seen for who we are at our best.)
TRUTH #6 People can reliably rate their own experience (Because that’s all we have.)
TRUTH #7 People have momentum (Because we all move through the world differently.)
TRUTH #8 Love-in-work matters most (Because that’s what work is really for.)
TRUTH #9 We follow spikes (Because spikes bring us certainty.)

3min 20sec clip - Stark Choices - an experiential #simulation about the future of #work

Found via Azeem Azhar’s Weekly Wondermissive: Future, Tech & Society

Text from superflux.in "How would you feel if you lost your job to an invisible code, a robotic arm, an algorithm? What happens to you – trend forecaster, policy maker, marketeer, curriculum planner, decision maker, statesperson – when you find yourself obsolete? What if the trend you contributed to, consumed you?" …. 

"The Varkey Foundation invited us to build a highly experiential simulation, to provoke a diverse group of educators, decision makers and students about the future of education. We wanted to transport them straight to the beating heart of the issue, to look and feel what the world of work might look like if these automation trends came to fruition. We created two deeply immersive, theatrical simulations at opposite extremes, so people could experience their implications. This polarity gave visitors a chance to reflect on their own perspectives and decisions and contemplate the space between two possible future worlds, which are often branded as “utopia” and “dystopia”."

55min #AzeemAzhar clip - Why You Should Actually Care about the #Future of #Work

Text from youtube "The world of work is changing. But why are we dedicating so much time and energy to discussing the future of work? 

It’s not the first time society and the economy has undergone such a major shift. Even though artificial intelligence, automation and gig work are disrupting some job markets, technological change has happened before. In fact, it’s happening all the time. 

So where do these conversations originate from - who cares, and who should care? And perhaps more importantly, who is deciding and shaping the future of work? 

In curating his newsletter Exponential View, Azeem Azhar reckons he’s read up to 60 million words on the societal implications of technology. This makes him the ideal person to accompany us on a deep exploration of the changing world of employment. 

We met Azeem in London to talk jobs, art, and technology, turning our gaze to the past as we try and make sense of the present and future."

5min @TEDEd animated clip - How your #digestive system works - Emma Bryce

 
Text from you tube "Across the planet, humans eat on average between 1 and 2.7 kilograms of food a day, and every last scrap makes its way through the digestive system. Comprised of ten organs covering nine meters, this is one of the most complicated systems in the body. Emma Bryce explains how the different parts of the digestive system work to transform your food into the nutrients and energy that keep you alive. 

Lesson by Emma Bryce, animation by Augenblick Studios."

6min 56sec @TheRSA clip - The Importance of #Good #Work with Matthew Taylor

How do we improve the quality of working lives across our economy? Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA, asks whether the government, businesses, employers, employees, individuals and communities can come together to create an economy that offers people the opportunity of work that is decent, fair and fulfilling. 

 Watch Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA and Chair of the Government’s Review into Modern Employment Practices, in our latest RSA Spotlight - the edits which take you straight to the heart of the event! Loved this snippet? Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/MWPvQJU-9yI

52sec #wef clip - Long week? These are the countries where people #work the #longest #hours

the 5 #secret #work rules you didn't know about that will explain everything

source http://bit.ly/2aNj0QB found via @alexandreafonso

how #music can affect #work

#workplace #video conferencing

guide to the perfect #workselfie

The LinkedIn Guide to the Perfect #WorkSelfie from LinkedIn

#10 ways to be more mindful at work

10 Ways to Be More Mindful at Work from Wiley Publishers

#working and workless households

Infographic by Office for National Statistics (ONS)