September 30, 2022: Japanese company allow pets into the office
“Work” is increasingly something people do, not a place they go.
Chris Capossela
Classroom Materials
News Articles
- In 2016, 7% of US companies allowed employees to bring pets to work. https://www.npr.org/2016/08/08/488586121/who-let-the-dogs-in-more-companies-welcome-pets-at-work
- In a March 2021 survey, half of executives surveyed said they were planning to allow pets in the office as a way to entice employees to return to in-person work. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pet-friendly-offices-common-employees-return-to-work-191803645.html
- A list of pet-friendly companies: https://financebuzz.com/pet-friendly-companies
- The story about Fujitsu allowing one office near Tokyo to have six dogs has been great PR for them: https://www.google.com/search?q=Japanese+company+allow+pets+into+the+office
- What people really want is social time with coworkers. https://hbr.org/2022/09/to-get-people-back-in-the-office-make-it-social
Mentioned In Class
- Youtube Video: A new political party in Denmark has its policies decided by an AI https://youtu.be/mwiNJvpgYz8
- How are voters supposed to decode the motivations and evil machinations of a black box?
- Who funds the black box?
- Where will it be securely located and who will be in charge of ensuring the integrity of the AI?
- Will there be daily, monthly, annual code inspections?
- A politician must be representative of that which it hopes to represent.
- This is a dead thing that regurgitate’s data.
