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Mar 27
We're one quarter into 2026. Across the country, thousands of organizations are working to solve problems most big institutions haven't been able to figure out. Progress is coming from the bottom up. Here's proof. 🧵
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Jun 12
Loneliness costs companies $13,300 per employee. Sociologist Dr. @tracybrower10 told Stand Together why human connection has become a business imperative. 🧵
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Jun 12
The fix isn't a pizza party. The companies getting ahead are building connection into the flow of work itself. Human-ology paired a remote-first culture with consistent check-ins and in-person time. The result was double-digit growth and stronger margins.
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Jun 12
"The future of work isn't less work — it's making work more human." — Tracy Brower, PhD #FutureOfWork #Leadership standtogether.org/stories/fu…
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Jun 12
Burnout is usually blamed on long hours. But Brower says the real driver is that work has stopped feeling human. People feel distanced from the impact of their work and from each other. In the pursuit of efficiency, we stripped out the interpersonal elements that give work meaning.
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Jun 11
America doesn't have a talent shortage. @TEKsystems and @PerScholas on why the hiring system is filtering out the workers it claims it can't find, with Caitlyn Brazill and John Lullen. 🧵
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Jun 11
The results: 85% of PerScholas learners graduate. 80% of graduates move into employment, most within 90 days. TEKsystems has hired more than 1,500 graduates through the partnership.
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Jun 11
"There needs to be a shift from role-based hiring to skills-based hiring and from traditional ways of thinking to nontraditional ways of thinking." — John Lullen, @TEKsystems bit.ly/4usKTAk
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Jun 9
Every time a new technology entered music, the industry called it a menace. @abundanceinst Senior Fellow @johnachardin says the pattern reveals less about protecting art than about protecting who controls access to it.
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Jun 8
Data center jobs grew 30%, but companies kept saying they couldn't find talent. @TEKsystems and @PerScholas found the real problem: talent isn't scarce, it's overlooked. Train people for 8 weeks, and suddenly the "shortage" disappears.
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Jun 5
Companies are competing for the same credentialed candidates while a larger, untapped talent pool sits on the other side of the degree requirement. That's the problem @TEKsystems and @PerScholas set out to fix:
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Jun 3
Degree requirements are a faulty hiring signal that overlook millions of capable workers. @TEKsystems and @PerScholas proved there's a better way: free, employer-led tech training that gets people job-ready in as little as 12 weeks. So far they’ve hired over 1,500 through this pipeline — and it’s one that any company can build:
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Jun 2
Replacing a single employee can cost employers up to 200% of their annual salary. Most companies treat that as a talent problem. A growing number are finding out it's actually a mental health problem and one they never looked for. 🧵
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Jun 2
.@Hilton took a different route. Focus groups revealed employees weren't just stressed about work. They were quietly managing eldercare for parents and neighbors. Hilton built a caregiver concierge service around that finding. 60% of users reported avoiding missed work as a result.
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Jun 2
The most important shift isn't adding another benefit, but understanding what employees actually need. Kiewit and Hilton show what's possible when companies treat mental health as a core business strategy: bit.ly/4dKNZuD
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