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NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a world where more and more people are not only working remotely but making life-changing choices, what will the future of work look like? According to futurist Ayelet Baron, "The organizational structures created in 1911 still serve as the foundation of many global companies. And, as they no longer serve where we are headed, people are questioning what work truly means in this century and making different life choices."

The global pandemic not only disrupted how we work, it also forced business leaders and employees to face a new reality. Many industries, including travel and healthcare, also dramatically changed the way they did business. While some crave going back to normal, we are at a unique point in human history where we face a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to imagine a healthier world of work where regenerative and sustainable practices set the foundation for businesses for generations to come.

The Great Questioning

Over the next few years, our relationship with life, and work, will change dramatically. We are experiencing The Great Questioning, not just the Great Resignation. There is an increasing number of people evaluating how valued they are from fair pay to working conditions to benefits and most importantly, quality of life. No longer waiting for someone to pick them, millions of people are choosing their wellbeing and questioning everything.

People, Planet and Impact

The most impactful shifts will come from small and medium businesses that have a shared purpose, operate with conscious leadership, and practice self-management. As more people seek meaning in their lives, they will look to align with organizations that focus on people, planet, and impact, or start their own. We will see an increase in entrepreneurs who will set the stage for what is next when it comes to work and life.

Dialogue and Connection Unlock the Future

The undercurrents of these shifts require business leaders to introduce timeless practices like listening and open dialogue as ways to build the trust that has been broken. 2022 is the year when walking the talk and closing the gap between words and actions will be what leaders will be asked to face. The art of conversation and connection builds trusted relationships and community, which are at the heart of authentic and conscious leadership and the key to future success.

Listening to People is Key

Many young people are choosing the freedom to navigate life; there is no interest in setting annual goals with an employer and checking in with a supervisor who tells them how they are progressing. And it's not just young people, the perks no longer outweigh the desire for choice when it comes to having a balanced, fulfilling life, which includes a career.

Ayelet Baron's predictions were included in the Thinkers360 2022 Future of Work series.

Learn more about Ayelet Baron, the award-winning F*ck The Bucket List book trilogy, and her vision of the future on her website.

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"Imagery captured the first clear view of the new island structure..."New Lands

Following a massive undersea volcanic eruption near the Pacific island nation of Tonga, authorities are trying to establish contact with residents and assess how badly homes and property were damaged. The world is holding its breath as authorities say theyre not sure whether there will be any casualties, but the blast also draws attention to a fascinating geological drama: the volcano is actively adding new land mass to a small and newly formed island.In other words, were seeing the growth of a new island in real time.

In 2015, the same undersea volcano erupted and formed a new island, although according to satellite imagery company Planet Labs, scientists thought it would erode away within months. Seven years later, however, the opposite is true. That same island has been growing and almost certainly got bigger during the weekends recent eruption. In fact, just last month a smaller eruption increased the size of the island by what experts believe to be nearly 50 percent.

Imagery captured the first clear view of the new island structure on 2 January 2022, Dan Slayback, a research scientist at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, told Planet Labs. Comparing PlanetScope imagery from mid-December, before the most recent eruption began, the surface area of the island appears to have expanded by nearly 45 percent due to ashfall.

In 2015, the Sydney Morning Heraldreported that surprisingly, life was abundant on the newborn island. Gulls and other seabirds floated in the air and padded around the volcanic shore, which has since been named Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Haapai.

Its mind-blowing to think about a baby island being born and growing in real time, but a lack of internet and satellite connections also mean it may be harder to study it and check on the wellbeing of nearby island residents for some time. WaPo reports that in 2019, Tonga lost internet connection for two weeks after its underwater fiber optic cable that delivers internet service was severed, possibly by a ship dragging an anchor across it. Residents couldnt even make international calls.

Were sure to learn more about the new island in the coming weeks, but were just as concerned about Tonga and its people. Lets hope people arent distracted by the geological news and forget the humans affected most by the disaster.

More on the undersea volcano: Hey Kids, Wanna See Satellite Footage of a Volcano Violently Erupting?

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CEO OF THE YEAR 2021: Dan Pathomvanich wants to feed the world and save the planet

Dan Pathomvanich is not just a CEO. He's also a climate change activist and a plant-based advocate committed to enabling the world to transition to a lower-carbon future through food system transformation.

That explains why his company, NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited (NRF), is focusing on the global production of low-carbon foods and on transforming into the world's leading co-manufacturer of alternative protein ingredients and foods.

His business journey started when he established Hatton Capital in 2009.

Since then he has completed more than US$1 billion (33.5 billion baht) in acquisitions primarily focused on the consumer and food industry.

He went on to co-found Hatton Equity Partners (Thailand) in 2015, a fund with over $40 million in assets under management.

A new and more challenging chapter of life began when Hatton acquired NRF in April 2017.

A leading specialty food exporter based in Thailand, NRF was established in 1991 and with over two decades of experience developed into a leading food co-packer for supermarkets around the world with beloved brands such as Por Kwan that dominate ethnic supermarkets in North America.

In 2017, Mr Dan laid out a roadmap for the company over the next three years to become a global platform for the future of food in seeking to find solutions on how to feed 10 billion people by 2050 and decarbonise the world in doing so.

Central to this mission was to transform NRF's small plant-based business into a global co-manufacturer for alternative protein ingredients and foods which would enable the global economy to shift to a lower-carbon system.

Dan Pathomvanich.

The goal is by 2024 to have key production facilities around the world to co-manufacture plant-based foods, alternative protein ingredients and retail outlets selling plant-based products.

In order to achieve such a goal, Mr Dan in 2017 committed to the United Nations Global Compact by integrating the UN sustainable development goals into NRF core operations.

As a pro-active partner of the Global Compact Network Thailand, he was named to the committee on environment. NRF today is the first and only carbon neutral certified food factory in Thailand.

Within three years, Mr Dan led NRF to an initial public offering in October 2020 and had the second-best IPO opening of the year that was more than nine times oversubscribed by institutions.

Today NRF is the only public company to commit to the 1.5C climate pledge and the race to net zero.

Mr Dan was recognised by Time magazine, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNN and many international media publications for NRF's global vision to transform the world through food system transformation.

Besides serving as CEO of NR Instant Produce, Mr Dan also wears many different hats as chairman of Nove Foods, chairman of the Path Foundation, executive adviser to Proterra Partners, adviser to Foodshot Global while he is on the environmental sub-committee of Global Compact Network Thailand for the United Nations.

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A recent investigation that resurfaced damning evidence that famed physicist Erwin Schrdinger was a pedophile is continuing to make waves in the academic community.

Schrdinger, widely cited as the father of quantum physics and perhaps best remembered for his 1935 thought experiment Schrdingers Cat, was widely revealed to be a pedophile by The Irish Times after the newspaper published a report detailing his record as a sexual predator and serial abuser.

Its a stomach-churning revelation about a researcher whose work revolutionized the study of the natural world and even led directly to todays international research frenzy into quantum computing and which shows, once again, that even the powerful and brilliant can be monsters.

The Irish Times identified young girls who Schrdinger became infatuated with, including a 14-year-old girl whom the physicist groomed after he became her math tutor.

Schrdinger, who died in 1961, later admitted to impregnating the girl when she was 17 and he was in his mid-forties. Horrifyingly, she then had a botched abortion that left her permanently sterile, according to the newspaper.

Perhaps most diabolically, the physicist kept a record of his abuse in his diaries, even justifying his actions by claiming he had a right to the girls due to his genius.

Walter Moore, author of the biography Schrdinger, Life and Thought published in 1989, said that the physicists attitudes towards women was essentially that of a male supremacist. Disgustingly, the biography seemed to downplay and even romanticize his abusive habits, and describes him as having a Lolita complex.

Schrdinger also attempted a relationship with a different 12-year-old girl, disgustingly writing in his journal that she was among the unrequited loves of his life. However, he decided not to pursue her after a family member voiced their concerns that the physicist was a, you know, unrepentant abusive predator.

In response, a petition has been launched to change the title of a lecture hall at Dublins Trinity University thats named after him.

We can acknowledge the great mark Schrdinger has left on science through our study, and this petition does not wish to diminish the impact his lectures or ideas had on physics, the petition says. However, it seems in bad taste that a modern college such as Trinity would honor this man with an entire building.

Thats true, of course. You can recognize the contributions someone has had in their field while also acknowledging that they were an absolute scumbag.

Buthonoring them by naming a lecture hall or a giant space telescope is completely unnecessary.

READ MORE: How Erwin Schrdinger insulted his Lolita complex in Ireland [The Irish Times]

More on horrible men: James Webb Hated Gay People. Why Are We Naming a Telescope After Him?

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