The Best Articles in Future of Work
The most useful articles and videos in Future of Work from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Future of Work Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Future of Work by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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Why Do Millions Of Men Not Want To Work?
Nicholas Eberstadt is a political economist, demographer, American Enterprise Institute scholar, and an author.More than 7 million prime working age men in A...
How AI Is Already Reshaping White-Collar Work
Artificial intelligence doesn’t just make fantastical images. For white-collar workers, generative AI like ChatGPT can make jobs easier by creating drafts of...
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How to make a remote-first approach work
A Q&A with Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo about the tech company's detailed approach to becoming a remote-first organization.
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The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity
Slack’s Workforce Index uncovers new findings on how to structure the workday to maximise employee productivity, well-being and satisfaction
Reduce, reuse, recycle: McDonald’s reusable workflows
McDonald’s reusable workflows — the continuous integration process with GitHub actions.
AI Losing Its Grip on Fast Food Drive-Thru Lanes
Artificial intelligence might not be the future of the drive-thru after all.
Short Articles
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The Importance of Play at Work
A Q&A with IDEO's Michelle Lee about about the importance of play at work, how to build design thinking into the employee experience, and how to optimize team-bonding efforts for maximum engagement.
What Happened When Zapier Cancelled Meetings for a Week? (Hint: Not Much)
Several readers pointed me toward a recent NPR Marketplace segement about a fully-remote tech company called Zapier that tried an interesting experiment last summer: they ... Read more
‘Can I just … rest?’: guilt, the four-day working week and what to do with the fifth…
As support for the four-day working week grows, we wrestle with the culture of achievement and busyness, and feelings of guilt and accountability
What Is Emotional Labor, and Why Does It Matter?
A new book explains how devaluing emotional labor—disproportionately done by women and other disadvantaged groups—perpetuates inequality.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Future of Work.
AI and the automation of work — Benedict Evans
ChatGPT and generative AI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other waves of automation of the last 200 years? What does it mean for employment? Disruption? Coal consumption?
What Kant can teach us about work: on the problem with jobs
There is always a demand for more jobs. But what makes a job good? For that, Immanuel Kant has an answer
How to craft a harmonious life
Forget the ideal of work/life balance – your needs and interests are much richer than that, and your life can be too
A Way to Make Work More Meaningful (The Science of Happiness podcast)
We all overestimate how much we know. Our guest tries a practice in slowing down to ask more questions, and finds it leads to higher quality connections.
«Think about the scenario from the perspective of a person who disagrees with you. Try to imagine how they came to believe what they believe:»
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