I am sitting in New Zealand writing this. It started as an idea in my head and was typed into a local file on my computer. I copied it to Wordpress (my blog hosting software of choice) and saved a draft to my People First server. The words were then sitting on a server in Iowa, USA. From this point on, as I edit the draft, I am in New Zealand, the words I am editing are in Iowa - where am I working?

It is telling that someone like Doug Rushkoff can write these words; Only individuals who create value for the company are awarded new stock proportionate to their contributions. 💬 Douglas Rushkoff ... without questioning the principle. The corollary is of course that there are people that work inside a company that don't add value, which for yours truly is of course like a 'red rag to a bull' - because as the title of this post suggests, if you are employed by a company and not adding value to that company - then why are you there?

I often listen to a podcast or read an article and at the end of it my reaction is 'yes … and' or 'yes … but’. IF I feel sufficiently moved - a link might get posted to my Thought Stream, together with a pithy observation - and I move on. The Thought Stream On the stream I offer a randomized link, that takes you to one of the posts.

Let me point out - again - that the answer to the question is useless - because the question is badly framed. I have written about this before here, here and here and a whole host of other places aswell. The Conclusion There is no future of work. There is only a future of income. Fast forward to a LinkedIn graphic that was presented to me last week. It appeared in BrettKing's LinkedIn stream.

As a reader of this blog and newsletter or as a listener of my podcast - you know that I am a keen supporter of the broad category of ‘creative professional’ - and specifically ‘musician’. What follows are not my words, but those of a musician that wrote to me recently. Reproduced with their permission and names and venues changed/anonymized to ‘protect the vulnerable’. I just got my first real paying gig since March 17 for Saturday December 26th.

Needless to say those three words grabbed my attention immediately. And then when he said ... The culture of schooling is radically at odds with the culture of learning that produces innovators. Tony Wagner I was hooked. [youtu.be/hvDjh4l-V...](https://youtu.be/hvDjh4l-VHo) Very good Ted Talk - just one gripe ... He just about opens the talk with I came to understand, that there's a set of core competencies every young person must be well on their way to mastery before he or she finished high school.

I have a problem with ‘Corporate Speak’. Putting aside how ‘we the people’ seem to adopt corporate speak as part of our conversation - how else does ‘content’ become part of our day to day vocabulary? (Although that is an entirely different topic.) Here’s the thing … the same organisations that use phrases like; ‘Share of Wallet’ ‘Attacking and Targeting a Market’ (that’s you and me folks) and breaking down those