9 Best Articles in 2021
Guardian Tech
The meaning of life in a world without work
Guardian Tech
20+ min read · 744 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 · 633 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
~20 min read · 605 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
sahillavingia.com
No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees
sahillavingia.com
8 min read · 571 saves · Jan 7th · How we work at Gumroad
The Guardian
Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs
The Guardian
20+ min read · 510 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.
CNBC
Harvard lecturer: 'No specific skill will get you ahead in the future'—but this 'type of thinking' will
CNBC
4 min read · 490 saves · 2020-06-15 · 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.
BuzzFeed News
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever
BuzzFeed News
1 min read · 475 saves · 2020-05-12 · Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.
medium.com
Mapping “The Future of Work” Startup & Investor ecosystem
medium.com
~18 min read · 464 saves · 2020-04-15 · Pietro Invernizzi · Like lots of people these days, I enjoy spending time thinking about & investing in companies shaping “the Future of Work”.
Quartz
How to prepare for a future in which creativity is a workforce survival skill
Quartz
3 min read · 454 saves · 2020-11-09 · Scott Belsky · We need to apply new thinking to education, retraining, and workplace tools if we want to maximize creativity.
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Forbes
Artificial Intelligence And The End Of Work
Forbes
8 min read · 309 saves · Feb 15th · The notion that, at its best, AI will augment rather than replace humans is both reassuring and deeply misguided.
Forbes
The Future Of Work Will Demand These 8 New Skills
Forbes
4 min read · 165 saves · Feb 14th · Getting back to work won’t be getting back at all, it will be a new game. Success in the future will require new skills—some of which may come as a surprise.
McKinsey & Company
The future of work after COVID-19
McKinsey & Company
~11 min read · 136 saves · Feb 18th · The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25% more workers than previously estimated potentially needing to switch occupations.
Quartz
The workplace apps that could change the nature of work
Quartz
93 saves · Feb 7th · Nicolás Rivero · Meet the startups that want you to share, collaborate, and interact better with your remote team.
BBC News (World)
Computer says go: Taking orders from an AI boss
BBC News (World)
5 min read · 80 saves · Feb 15th · As artificial intelligence systems get more prevalent, some of us already have computers as managers.
Fast Company
The office is not dead. Here’s why
Fast Company
3 min read · 74 saves · Feb 19th · Lydia Dishman · The CEO of Workhuman argues that the critical need for human connection will guide the reinvention of the workplace.
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Distributed-First Is the Future of Work at Spotify
newsroom.spotify.com
1 min read · 60 saves · Feb 12th · The future of how we work has been a popular topic inside the walls of Spotify for a while now. Our leadership team has long championed the idea that digitalization and globalization are massive…
World Economic Forum
The post-pandemic future of work - according to 3,000 CEOs from around the world
World Economic Forum
4 min read · 47 saves · Feb 15th · Agility, technology and regulation are key priorities for chief executives, IBM finds in its new survey, which reveals why some companies have thrived during COVID-19.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Redesigning the Post-Pandemic Workplace
MIT Sloan Management Review
7 min read · 34 saves · Feb 10th · Leaders must plan now for a workplace forever changed by COVID-19.
Annette Franz, CCXP
Humanizing Automation to Help Employees Work Smarter Not Harder
Annette Franz, CCXP
6 min read · 29 saves · Feb 17th · Annette Franz · Back in late 2015, I wrote an article titled Work Harder or Smarter? in which I offered up some ways to help employees work more efficiently – ultimately, to work smarter. The last item on the list…
