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Teddy Schleifer: "The Republican National Committee entered April with $117 million on hand.
The Democratic National Committee entered April with negative $4.4 million on hand, inclusive of debts."

Matthew Yglesias: "Ken Martin has not been doing a good job. It turns out he *can* be removed. At the August meeting I believe they could install someone competent."
#politics #competence #effectiveness

Wisdom in Space 1d ago

Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

Nicolas Delsaux 4d ago

Ce sont effectivement des savoir-être importants quand on prétend agir à l'échelle https://hachyderm.io/users/hazelweakly/statuses/116401577797972754 #citation #architecture #savoirêtre #compétence

Hazel Weakly (@[email protected])

If I had to identify a list of skills in high impact engineers, it would include: - ecological awe - intellectual humility - respect for the complexity of unfamiliar problems - cross functional communication - resilience engineering - marketing and sales (“Technical skills” aren’t in my top ten)

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Christophe Rodo Apr 13

La relation que les parents entretiennent avec la lecture et les mathématiques pourrait ne pas être sans conséquences sur les compétences de leurs enfants.

Découvrez tous les détails dans le nouvel épisode du #podcast #LaTêteDansLeCerveau : https://soundcloud.com/latetedanslecerveau/numero347

Et les références scientifiques : https://cervenargo.hypotheses.org/9067

#neurosciences #vulgarisation #cerveau #science #mathématiques #anxiété #parent #enfant #école #maison #famille #chiffre #nombre #connaissance #compétence #aptitude

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Pepperberry Apr 13

Degrees once measured competence. Now they often measure access.
Paper first. Skill second.
When credentials become toll booths
The labour market’s paperwork arms race
Scarcity disguised as standards
What if the gate is the story?
When legitimacy costs years and debt
The hidden economics of gatekeeping
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https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-credential-cartel-how-degrees

#LabourMarket
#HigherEducation
#Gatekeeping
#OccupationalLicensing
#FutureOfWork
#Competence
#LabourMobility
#Workforce
#Productivity
#EducationPolicy
#Meritocracy

The Credential Cartel: How degrees replaced competence — and scarcity replaced skill

Degrees, licences, and the hidden economics of gatekeeping, where modern work rewards credentials more than competence, and legitimacy costs years, debt, and permission

Curmudgeonly Canadian

Pepperberry Apr 13

A new essay: The Credential Cartel.
It’s about degree inflation, licensing barriers, and how credentials increasingly function as gatekeeping devices rather than narrow tests of competence. The core question is simple: when a requirement is defended as necessary, is it actually protecting the public — or mostly protecting access?

https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-credential-cartel-how-degrees

#Credentialism
#DegreeInflation
#PublicPolicy
#Gatekeeping
#OccupationalLicensing
#Skills
#Competence
#LabourMobility
#Workforce
#Meritocracy

Christophe Rodo Apr 11

La relation que les parents entretiennent avec la lecture et les mathématiques pourrait ne pas être sans conséquences sur les compétences de leurs enfants.

L'épisode #347 du #podcast #LaTêteDansLeCerveau est disponible sur #YouTube : https://youtu.be/qRWsH7--s7c

#neurosciences #vulgarisation #cerveau #science #mathématiques #anxiété #parent #enfant #école #maison #famille #chiffre #nombre #connaissance #compétence #aptitude

Merci pour vos commentaires, partages et abonnements !

RDN Apr 10

Based on a sample of 243 people, and in an experimental setting, people who use emojis in professional settings are judged to be less competent than those who do not. There were some differences between positive and negative emojis, and men and women.

Summary: https://nautil.us/this-is-how-people-who-use-emojis-at-work-are-perceived-1279685

Original paper: https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/12/1/147309/217078/Emojis-at-Work-The-Effects-of-Emoji-Use-on

#Psychology #Emojis #Competence #Professionalism #Communication