The inability or unwillingness of employees to use new technologies often emerges from the culture of their workplace —not the quality of the technology being deployed. Organizations that succeed in their tech initiatives will be those that work to foster a culture that understands technology and its importance, embraces change and is always trying to improve itself. ...

It’s all the rage—bashing airlines for treating people like cattle. The media crackle with accounts of hours stuck on the tarmac, rude attendants and onboard fistfights. Of course, being beaten up and dragged off a plane is rightfully condemned as deplorable customer service. But let’s be frank: moving people thousands of miles in mere hours is nothing less than miraculous....

The evidence that automation in all of its forms is responsible for the reduction in and devaluation of human labor is bountiful and nearly incontrovertible. How will humanity survive in a world without work? To where will it turn for purpose and motivation? What will the meaning of life be if our labor-centric society no longer has to labor?...