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Rearchitecting Roles to Be Dynamic Jobs
We know the villain of the movie well: a cigar-chomping titan of industry who casually lays off thousands of trained, hardworking employees the moment he can get the job done cheaper by technology or outsourcing. With avarice in his eye, he picks up the phone, barks out an order, and watches as streams of disgruntled workers go through the factory doors. The next day, all those diligent American workers have been replaced by automation or globalization.
People with families and mortgages register for unemployment. A town empties out. The shops on Main Street shutter. Unfortunately, this is the story for far too many American cities that have been reliant on a single employer hiring local workers to fixed ...
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