“In the one hundred thirty years since Petrie published his seminal studies of the pyramids and temples of Egypt, the hand tools and building and sculpting tools used by men and women have improved exponentially in capability and efficiency and hard drives are better known as integral devices in a computer.
Yet we are taught that during the three thousand years that the ancient Egyptians flourished on this planet, the tools used by men and women did not change. How could this be? The finely crafted and precise boxes inside the pyramids at Giza were supposedly created in the fourth dinasty, 2500 BCE, or forty-five hundred years ago. The finely crafted and precise boxes inside the rock tunnels of the Serapeum were supposedly created in the eighteenth dynasty, 1550-1200 BCE, or thirty-five hundred years ago. We are asked to believe that in a one-thousand-year span, the ancient Egyptians did not make any significant improvement in their tools and methods for cutting hard igneous rock. We, however, have examined the results of their labor, and it is clear that the Egyptians were not stupid people. In fact, they were geniuses in their accomplishments, yet we are to accept that while they tapped into the awesome power of the human spirit and creativity, they did not ask, over the course of a full millennium, how they could do their job better--how they could demand less pain and strain from their workforce, how they could do more with less effort, how they could reduce injuries and provide workers with more time off. If there is any mystery to ancient Egypt, it is why a paradigm that was established one hundred thirty years ago still holds force among many Egyptologists and archaeologists.”
Source: Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs
“it isn’t just talent which is mobile today, the work itself is highly mobile too.”
Source: The Future Ready Organization: How Dynamic Capability Management Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace
“Generational transitions are filled with opportunities, yet history is filled with examples of mistakes, bad decisions and wasted resources trying to cater to a new generation. Will it be a stormy ride, or a smooth sail for you? It all depends on how well you prepare.”
Source: Gen Z 360: Preparing for the Inevitable Change in Culture, Work, and Commerce
“Don't be surprised by two things in this world: When everything is going well and then suddenly nothing goes right, and when nothing is going right and then suddenly everything goes right!”
“The work force of the country depends on the well-being of the citizens.”
“The healthiest relationships have room for both male and female strengths.”
Source: The Woman's Guide to How Men Think: Love, Commitment, and the Male Mind
“Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catchwords; and the little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys.”
Source: Virginibus Puerisque
“In my experience, women underestimate the effect that their happiness has on the men in their lives.”
Source: The Woman's Guide to How Men Think: Love, Commitment, and the Male Mind
“Women tend to communicate early and often about a problem. Men are more likely to view communication as a tool, and when they see it as the wrong tool for the job, they believe it should be stored neatly in the toolbox.”
Source: The Woman's Guide to How Men Think: Love, Commitment, and the Male Mind
“Instead of ignoring our differences, we need to accept and transcend them.”
Source: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead