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The Future of Work Must Be Meaningful

Humans will be replaced by smarter machines. Automation will drastically change the jobs that survive. The traditional notion of work organizations will be fragmented. These were the themes just three years ago from the 2016 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum and have since dominated “future of the workplace” reports, symposia, conferences, and “thought … Read more

A Powerful Question To Help You Uncover Your Life’s Meaning(s)

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A former student messaged me two months ago and casually asked, “Zach, what is the meaning of life?”  To which I responded, “Which one? Your life has thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of meanings.” As a purpose and meaningfulness researcher and consultant, such a question is fairly routine. Some popular variations include: “Zach, what’s my … Read more