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What Work Is
Today’s essay is part of a series on work that includes me, Latham Turner, Bowen Dwelle, Michael Mohr ofSincere American Writing, Dee Rambeau, and Lyle…
Mar 26
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Friday Thread: Can a PhD be "just a job"?
I enjoyed my conversation with Fawzi Abou-Chahine very much and found myself nodding along with many of his points. He returned more than once to an…
Feb 16
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Friday Thread: Can you become stronger at your broken places?
Sometimes while talking to former academics who have reinvented themselves as businesspeople, I feel like I’m looking at an M.C. Escher sketch…
Feb 2
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Friday Thread: How do you find a satisfying work "why"?
My conversation this week with Leslie Castro-Woodhouse has thrown me back into questions about identity and purpose that I’ve been grappling with ever…
Jan 19
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Open thread: Finding balance between extremes
And a wilderness poem
Oct 6, 2023
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Open Thread: The American Job Search
I’ve been spending a lot of time on LinkedIn lately because I’m looking for work. I’m grateful for my coaching clients and for the community that we’re…
Aug 11, 2023
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Open thread: Career talk
I’ll continue my interview series on academics who have transitioned to industry in the coming weeks. My guests will include: Ginger Lockhart, a former…
Jun 2, 2023
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Can a work self be a whole self?
Searching for a "why" after academe
May 16, 2023
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Open thread: Penalized for a Ph.D.
At the companion site, Michael Mohr grapples with Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men. Gertrude Nonterah sometimes gets blowback on LinkedIn when…
May 12, 2023
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Open Friday thread: The vocational awe trap
I’m a little embarrassed, after a year of writing about work and identity, to have immediately fallen into the “vocational awe” trap in my conversation…
Apr 14, 2023
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Remedies for The Great Disengagement
Dr. Kevin R. McClure on a more caring university culture
Mar 14, 2023
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How academic misfits can flourish in academe and beyond
Dr. Sarah Trocchio on embracing curiosity and joy
Feb 7, 2023
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