Dan Smolen
@dansmolen.com
Former ad agency executive, headhunter, and owner of a recruitment firm. Now Executive Producer and Host of the What’s Your Work Fit? live show on LinkedIn and YouTube; Founding Member of the Future of Work Alliance.
First, he fired the bipartisan supported Commissioner of Labor Statistics. Then today, he instructed the Commerce Department to stage a do-over of the 2020 Census. LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER: if you are not now hair-on-fire outraged then you are not paying attention! h/t The Hill
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
First, he fired the bipartisan supported Commissioner of Labor Statistics. Then today, he instructed the Commerce Department to stage a do-over of the 2020 Census. LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER: if you are not now hair-on-fire outraged then you are not paying attention! h/t The Hill
The average American has three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The average American has three friends.
“The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason..."
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason..."
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason..."
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason..."
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth today after a 9-months-long delay. Hoping this isn't what they see after the hatch opens...
March 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth today after a 9-months-long delay. Hoping this isn't what they see after the hatch opens...
How it's going in the Federal workplace as rendered by Microsoft Copilot/DALL.E
#forkintheroad #fedworkforce
#forkintheroad #fedworkforce
February 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How it's going in the Federal workplace as rendered by Microsoft Copilot/DALL.E
#forkintheroad #fedworkforce
#forkintheroad #fedworkforce
“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder."
President John F. Kennedy address before Canadian Parliament 5/17/1961
President John F. Kennedy address before Canadian Parliament 5/17/1961
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder."
President John F. Kennedy address before Canadian Parliament 5/17/1961
President John F. Kennedy address before Canadian Parliament 5/17/1961
Today is #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay.
And this is a reminder that the #Holocaust started in the #workplace.
Remember, never forget, and be kind.
Image credit: Yad Vashem International Holocaust Memorial
And this is a reminder that the #Holocaust started in the #workplace.
Remember, never forget, and be kind.
Image credit: Yad Vashem International Holocaust Memorial
January 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Today is #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay.
And this is a reminder that the #Holocaust started in the #workplace.
Remember, never forget, and be kind.
Image credit: Yad Vashem International Holocaust Memorial
And this is a reminder that the #Holocaust started in the #workplace.
Remember, never forget, and be kind.
Image credit: Yad Vashem International Holocaust Memorial
Why don't we celebrate failure as much as we do success?
3M became a major brand because it commercializes the stuff that blows up in the lab.
Celebrating and learning from failed workplace experiments helps teams to explore new ideas that foster trust and positive workplace culture.
3M became a major brand because it commercializes the stuff that blows up in the lab.
Celebrating and learning from failed workplace experiments helps teams to explore new ideas that foster trust and positive workplace culture.
January 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Why don't we celebrate failure as much as we do success?
3M became a major brand because it commercializes the stuff that blows up in the lab.
Celebrating and learning from failed workplace experiments helps teams to explore new ideas that foster trust and positive workplace culture.
3M became a major brand because it commercializes the stuff that blows up in the lab.
Celebrating and learning from failed workplace experiments helps teams to explore new ideas that foster trust and positive workplace culture.
With the LA fires displacing 100k+ people from home and workplace, and thousands more still displaced from hurricane flooding in the Southeast US, it seemed only appropriate to prompt Microsoft Copilot to render an image of an old school executive and a polar bear sharing an Arctic ice floe.
January 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
With the LA fires displacing 100k+ people from home and workplace, and thousands more still displaced from hurricane flooding in the Southeast US, it seemed only appropriate to prompt Microsoft Copilot to render an image of an old school executive and a polar bear sharing an Arctic ice floe.
How have you started 2025?
If you were like my daughter and her fiancé then the new year started in the kitchen; I know from her text message that they've prepared homemade blueberry and lime jam.
Whatever your 2025 jam happens to be, I hope that it symbolizes your creativity and lust for life.
If you were like my daughter and her fiancé then the new year started in the kitchen; I know from her text message that they've prepared homemade blueberry and lime jam.
Whatever your 2025 jam happens to be, I hope that it symbolizes your creativity and lust for life.
January 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How have you started 2025?
If you were like my daughter and her fiancé then the new year started in the kitchen; I know from her text message that they've prepared homemade blueberry and lime jam.
Whatever your 2025 jam happens to be, I hope that it symbolizes your creativity and lust for life.
If you were like my daughter and her fiancé then the new year started in the kitchen; I know from her text message that they've prepared homemade blueberry and lime jam.
Whatever your 2025 jam happens to be, I hope that it symbolizes your creativity and lust for life.
WTF has happened to MSM outlets? Here, on The Exchange, CNBC tees up a serious segment to discuss the new administration’s ideas for the U.S. to take over Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone. This is 4th Estate Malpractice!
December 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
WTF has happened to MSM outlets? Here, on The Exchange, CNBC tees up a serious segment to discuss the new administration’s ideas for the U.S. to take over Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone. This is 4th Estate Malpractice!
What was the-most-talked-about workplace story of 2024?
It wasn't RTO. Or hybrid. Or DOGE.
According to the World Economic Forum it was the rise of generative AI and its impact on workplace productivity and job roles.
It wasn't RTO. Or hybrid. Or DOGE.
According to the World Economic Forum it was the rise of generative AI and its impact on workplace productivity and job roles.
December 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
What was the-most-talked-about workplace story of 2024?
It wasn't RTO. Or hybrid. Or DOGE.
According to the World Economic Forum it was the rise of generative AI and its impact on workplace productivity and job roles.
It wasn't RTO. Or hybrid. Or DOGE.
According to the World Economic Forum it was the rise of generative AI and its impact on workplace productivity and job roles.
From 2001 through present, Gallup has tracked consumer healthcare quality indicators. Key insight: 44 pct of tracking survey respondents currently think that their healthcare quality is excellent or good. (That's not good.)
Image credit: Gallup
Image credit: Gallup
December 17, 2024 at 4:05 PM
From 2001 through present, Gallup has tracked consumer healthcare quality indicators. Key insight: 44 pct of tracking survey respondents currently think that their healthcare quality is excellent or good. (That's not good.)
Image credit: Gallup
Image credit: Gallup
Are keeping routines and experiencing "micro-moments" key to enjoying workplace holiday time happiness?
My friend and recent guest on the WHAT'S YOUR WORK FIT? LIVE SHOW, happiness expert Jessica Weiss, offers up key insight. Link in comments.
My friend and recent guest on the WHAT'S YOUR WORK FIT? LIVE SHOW, happiness expert Jessica Weiss, offers up key insight. Link in comments.
December 17, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Are keeping routines and experiencing "micro-moments" key to enjoying workplace holiday time happiness?
My friend and recent guest on the WHAT'S YOUR WORK FIT? LIVE SHOW, happiness expert Jessica Weiss, offers up key insight. Link in comments.
My friend and recent guest on the WHAT'S YOUR WORK FIT? LIVE SHOW, happiness expert Jessica Weiss, offers up key insight. Link in comments.
About to board Amtrak following a future of work and workplace experts gathering. Union Station, New Haven, Conn. 12/5/2024 4:37pm
December 14, 2024 at 2:57 PM
About to board Amtrak following a future of work and workplace experts gathering. Union Station, New Haven, Conn. 12/5/2024 4:37pm
Are you thinking about doing a side-hustle?
More and more career professionals are designing and establishing their work fit through side-hustles so that work becomes a wonderful part of their day doing other wonderful things.
Photo credit: Dan Smolen 12/2/2024
More and more career professionals are designing and establishing their work fit through side-hustles so that work becomes a wonderful part of their day doing other wonderful things.
Photo credit: Dan Smolen 12/2/2024
December 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Are you thinking about doing a side-hustle?
More and more career professionals are designing and establishing their work fit through side-hustles so that work becomes a wonderful part of their day doing other wonderful things.
Photo credit: Dan Smolen 12/2/2024
More and more career professionals are designing and establishing their work fit through side-hustles so that work becomes a wonderful part of their day doing other wonderful things.
Photo credit: Dan Smolen 12/2/2024
Early last Wednesday morning, while staying overnight in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, I was startled awake by blaring sirens. Moments earlier, about ten short blocks north of my location, the CEO of United Healthcare was gunned down outside the doors of the New York Hilton.
December 9, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Early last Wednesday morning, while staying overnight in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, I was startled awake by blaring sirens. Moments earlier, about ten short blocks north of my location, the CEO of United Healthcare was gunned down outside the doors of the New York Hilton.
Latest workplace disengagement level is 77 percent; 51 percent of workers are actively seeking new jobs.
Graph: Gallup
Graph: Gallup
December 3, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Latest workplace disengagement level is 77 percent; 51 percent of workers are actively seeking new jobs.
Graph: Gallup
Graph: Gallup
What a thrill to find my friend and live show guest Julie Winkle Giulioni’s book,
“Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go,” on display at Hudson News in Washington, DC’s Union Station! Julie is a globally recognized employee experience expert.
“Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go,” on display at Hudson News in Washington, DC’s Union Station! Julie is a globally recognized employee experience expert.
December 1, 2024 at 6:14 PM
What a thrill to find my friend and live show guest Julie Winkle Giulioni’s book,
“Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go,” on display at Hudson News in Washington, DC’s Union Station! Julie is a globally recognized employee experience expert.
“Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go,” on display at Hudson News in Washington, DC’s Union Station! Julie is a globally recognized employee experience expert.
Baby won't stay "fun sized" forever. This is a fair representation of your future floofinator!
December 1, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Baby won't stay "fun sized" forever. This is a fair representation of your future floofinator!
Will 2025 Be the Year of the Side Hustle?
Earlier this fall, LinkedIn News surveyed over 8,000 of its members to determine how many of us have taken on a side-hustle to either supplement our income, or, to expand our career and avocational horizons. (See graphic.)
Earlier this fall, LinkedIn News surveyed over 8,000 of its members to determine how many of us have taken on a side-hustle to either supplement our income, or, to expand our career and avocational horizons. (See graphic.)
December 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Will 2025 Be the Year of the Side Hustle?
Earlier this fall, LinkedIn News surveyed over 8,000 of its members to determine how many of us have taken on a side-hustle to either supplement our income, or, to expand our career and avocational horizons. (See graphic.)
Earlier this fall, LinkedIn News surveyed over 8,000 of its members to determine how many of us have taken on a side-hustle to either supplement our income, or, to expand our career and avocational horizons. (See graphic.)
Yesterday morning, my helper watched the turkey as it roasted. You can see the reflection of his face in the oven glass.
November 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Yesterday morning, my helper watched the turkey as it roasted. You can see the reflection of his face in the oven glass.
Grateful for the love of family and my ginger granddog Teddy. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Grateful for the love of family and my ginger granddog Teddy. Happy Thanksgiving!
