9 Best Articles in 2020
Guardian Tech
The meaning of life in a world without work
Guardian Tech
20+ min read · 720 saves · From 2017 · As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose
WIRED
The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
WIRED
4 min read · 631 saves · From 2017 · What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant?
Guardian Books
The end of capitalism has begun
Guardian Books
~19 min read · 593 saves · From 2016 · Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian
The Guardian
Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs
The Guardian
~20 min read · 491 saves · From 2018 · Work means different things to different people: an economic necessity, a source of self-fulfillment, a status symbol or all of the above. Yet up until recently, few Westerners have questioned the value or necessity of work itself. This is now changing, as Andy Beckett explains in his article for The Guardian. He gives voice to a growing number of intellectuals and political activists who think that our work-centric society is becoming obsolete. In outlining some main lines of thinking within the emerging post-work movement, Beckett provides much food for thought for anybody interested in the future of work.
BuzzFeed News
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever
BuzzFeed News
1 min read · 474 saves · May 12th · Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.
medium.com
Mapping “The Future of Work” Startup & Investor ecosystem
medium.com
~17 min read · 465 saves · Apr 15th · Pietro Invernizzi · Like lots of people these days, I enjoy spending time thinking about & investing in companies shaping “the Future of Work”.
The Verge
CNBC
Harvard lecturer: 'No specific skill will get you ahead in the future'—but this 'type of thinking' will
CNBC
3 min read · 426 saves · Jun 15th · To make it in today's world of rapid changes and uncertainties, successful business leaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk prove it's better to be a generalist, rather than a specialist.
Guardian Tech
Microsoft Japan tested a four-day work week. Productivity jumped by 40%
Guardian Tech
1 min read · 388 saves · 2019-11-04 · Kari Paul · The experiment for the month of August led to more efficient meetings and happier workers who took less time off
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How to prepare for a future in which creativity is a workforce survival skill
Quartz
3 min read · 318 saves · Nov 9th · Scott Belsky · We need to apply new thinking to education, retraining, and workplace tools if we want to maximize creativity.
Fast Company
The one thing you can’t outsource or automate
Fast Company
3 min read · 176 saves · Nov 7th · “There’s a line somewhere, between automation helping you be a better human and automation making you seem inhuman. That line matters.”
World Economic Forum
4 things that will redefine the way we work by 2025
World Economic Forum
5 min read · 114 saves · Nov 17th · Work from home (or "remotopia"), green jobs, the gig-revolution and automation will rewrite the rulebooks.
WIRED
6 Sci-Fi Writers Imagine the Beguiling, Troubling Future of Work
WIRED
1 min read · 72 saves · Nov 13th · Diana M. Pho · Today, we work with each other, with apps, with the occasional robot—but what will collaboration look like tomorrow?
onalytica.com
Who's Who in Future of Work?
onalytica.com
2 min read · 58 saves · Nov 19th · Clelia Arci · This report has an important focus on bringing attention to the voices driving solutions within the future of work conversation
Fast Company
This is what the office will look like in 2022
Fast Company
3 min read · 41 saves · Nov 17th · Jason Wingard · Columbia University Dean Emeritus predicts four major trends that will become common in the coming years.
VentureBeat
Automated workflows are eating the world
VentureBeat
4 min read · 40 saves · Nov 21st · Tristan Pollock · In the past 12 months, over $2.2 billion has been funneled into companies building workflow automation. This isn’t a bubble. It’s a balloon.
The Economist
New thinking is needed on workers’ rights
The Economist
2 min read · 22 saves · Nov 17th · It was not automation or software that brought job losses
Quartz
You can fix your hiring process: Here’s your five-step plan
Quartz
6 min read · 20 saves · Nov 24th · Cate Huston · Getting hiring right doesn't just mean hiring good people (although that part is crucial), but doing so in a way that is time effective for you, your team, and the candidates.
McKinsey & Company
What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries
McKinsey & Company
18 saves · Nov 24th · The future of remote work is likely to be hybrid in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly for a highly educated, well paid minority of the workforce.
