Alex Atwood

Disrupting the Landscape for Transparent Healthcare with Dr. Jawad Arshad

We’re seeing a wide gap in our healthcare system due to a lack of transparency.  Both employers and employees – the consumers of healthcare – don’t actually have any insights into the actual value of what they’re paying for.  Healthcare providers, on the other hand, couldn’t tell patients how much the service actually costs. Then […]

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Ways for employers to help bridge the nation’s skills gap

Ways for employers to help bridge the nation’s skills gap

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a summary of the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover metric called JOLTS. Here’s the big takeaway: after 15 straight months of more than 10 million job openings, the nation’s skills gap is clearly taking a toll – a crisis that American Staffing Association President and CEO Richard

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Instant paycheck trend hugely beneficial as inflation antidote

Instant-paycheck trend hugely beneficial as inflation antidote

The importance of fast payment for gig workers, day laborers and service industry staffers cannot be overstated. As the lowest paid and most vulnerable members of our workforce, they depend on consistent and timely paychecks in order to earn a living. A fair number of these workers rely on numerous sources for their income that

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New UFO division a big step toward acknowledging alien life

New UFO division: a big step toward acknowledging alien life

NASA has launched a new division dedicated to researching and exclusively analyzing all of the data gathered from the public and government on UFOs. For more than 70 years, these close encounters have been explained away as hot air balloons, drone or unexplained aerial phenomena, but at the end of the day, serious questions need

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In the face of recession fears, it’s time to reinforce worker investments 

In the face of recession fears, it’s time to reinforce worker investments 

These are challenging times for corporate and gig workers alike, suggests a recent report that reveals their respective fears over the prospect of a U.S. recession. I’m actually seeing this firsthand. Many people who are coming onto our gig-work platform already have full time jobs but want to earn extra income to pay for basics

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VC embrace of psychedelics comes with caveats

VC embrace of psychedelics comes with caveats

Psychedelics are serving as a new frontier for venture capitalists. I have some friends who are a part of psychedelic companies that are looking to exponentially grow much like a Silicon Valley unicorn. Two such firms have already gone public: COMPASS Pathways and MindMed. This isn’t surprising. Psychedelics offer better a solution for depression and

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Mastering the Five Practices of Resilience with Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

As leaders, it’s important that we’re able to nurture resilience into the fabric of our organization so we can withstand whatever challenges that come our way.  According to Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal, the Chief Resilience Officer at Resilience Leadership Institute, resilience is not something you find. Instead, resilience finds you. Resilience is the essence of

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