Adam Grant, a professor at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, joined HuffPost Live at Davos on Wednesday to discuss the meaningfulness of jobs.
“Most of us work in meaningless jobs, and if you look at what makes a job meaningless, the number one predictor by far is feeling like what you do doesn’t benefit anyone else,” Grant said.
Grant said showing people that the work they do impacts others can boost the feeling of meaningfulness and improve the quality of work over time.
Adam Grant said companies like Men’s Wearhouse that invest in every employee’s mastery of skills edge out competitors because the employees feel as though their jobs are more meaningful. Grant said that approach to workers is becoming even more of a necessity.
“Attracting, motivating and retaining really talented people is not a luxury,” Grant said.
Below, more updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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“What I also think is important is that transparency include real access and ability to influence,” she said.
Al Jazeera America Host Ali Velshi talks about how the business community can address the impacts of climate change.
Espinel addressed government’s approach to technology.
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Hoffman noted the measurement of television viewers isn’t currently as accurate as the measurement of those who visit CNBC on the web, but he hopes more accuracy will come in the future.
Mark Hoffman discussed CNBC’s shift to reality programming, saying the company wanted to take advantage of the “beachfront property” of prime time.
“A couple years ago we started to build a team and develop some programs and launch some things,” Hoffman said, speaking specifically on how “Shark Tank” has “lit up” CNBC’s prime time lineup.
“It’s resonating. It’s working,” he said.
CNBC President Mark Hoffman chatted with HuffPost Live at Davos Wednesday about the ongoing transition to digital media.
“The key is having the right content in the right places for the right people,” Hoffman said.
Hoffman said we’re in the “golden age of video,” but said the calculus for getting videos to viewers has taken on a new kind of complexity in recent years.
Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Mark Penn talks about how technology is changing everything from privacy to political campaigns.
Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Mark Penn zeroes in on the issues that may decide the next presidential election.
