Working Assumptions: What We Thought We Knew About Work Before Covid and Generat

Description: Working Assumptions by Julia Hobsbawm A rapid response to the seismic changes affecting working life, Working Assumptions covers the past, present and future of work. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A rapid response to the seismic changes affecting working life, Working Assumptions covers the past, present and future of work and has already been described as "a must-read for anybody concerned about the future of work" (Carl Benedikt Frey, Associate Professor of AI & Work, Oxford University).Written by award-winning writer and popular podcaster Julia Hobsbawm, whose landmark 2022 book The Nowhere Office, predicted the rise in hybrid working long before anyone else, Working Assumptions is a clear-eyed view of what Julia identifies as The Amazing Age – a new era replete with challenge and opportunity for all working people experiencing a pace of technological and cultural change not seen in over a century."Written with deep insights and a sharp wit, Julia Hobsbawms Working Assumptions is an indispensable guide to the future of work, in no small part because it roots every new trend in somewhere that weve been before. Working Assumptions is required reading for anyone whos leading the way forward in the world of work – or worried about where theyre being led." Brian Elliott, co-founder of Future Forum, bestselling author of How the Future WorksWith a preface by Professor Lynda Gratton of London Business School, Working Assumptions explores the speed and scale of the impact of Covid-19 and the eruption of Chat GPT on the world of work in six key areas: jobs, skills, the workplace, culture, wellbeing and generational attitudes. Its highly innovative and readable format contains illustration by both human artists and ChatGPT, and combines crunchy data with stories from popular culture about work, ranging from from Barbie to Beyonces Break My Soul; from Succession to – of course – The Office.Working Assumptions addresses the influence of America on the world of work for the past century and asks whether it will dominate as much in the future. Author Biography Julia Hobsbawm, described as our foremost futurist of the workplace (Barbara Kellerman, Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University) is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, keynote speaker and consultant about the past, present and future of work. After her acclaimed 2022 book The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future Nicholas Bloom, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University said, "Julia always seems to be three steps ahead". She was a founder of the US-led Workforce Institute, and during the pandemic was launch Chair of the inaugural UK Demos Workshift Commission. She co-hosts the popular podcast The Nowhere Office and regularly appears in media including Bloomberg, Fortune, the BBC, Forbes, and CNN.She regularly consults for and speaks to corporations, governments, non-profits and changemakers around the world. Working Assumptions is her latest book. Other books include The Simplicity Principle which won two awards for Best Business Book and Best General Self- Help book 2020 in the USA, and Fully Connected: Social Health in an Age of Overload which was shortlisted for Management Book of the Year in the UK.An acclaimed entrepreneur, Julia was awarded an OBE in the late Queen Elizabeth IIs Birthday Honours List in 2015 for Services to Business. Review Julia Hobsbawm is brilliant at seeing tomorrows ideas today * Financial Times *Working or not working defines who we are. Where we work and how we work really matters. Yet there is so little public debate about any of this. That is why Julia Hobsbawms The Nowhere Office is an important book. If you are one of the millions who cant decide whether working-from-home is a pandemic silver lining or just another disaster, this book is for you -- Robert PestonWork is being revolutionised before your eyes. Anyone who wants to understand what is going on – workers deciding how much time to spend in the office, managers wondering how to manage a blended workforce, CEOs worrying that their headquarters is becoming a white elephant – could do no better than to read The Nowhere Office, a tour de force of insight, clarity and, something sadly lacking in debates on this subject, common sense -- Adrian Wooldridge, global business columnist, Bloomberg OpinionA masterfully even-handed and sensible appraisal of the future of work . . . a priceless injection of nuanced thinking and practical suggestions -- Rory SutherlandConcise and highly readable * Forbes *The Nowhere Office brilliantly captures the zeitgeist issue of our times – how and where we work -- Ayesha Hazarika, writer and broadcaster, Times Radio Details ISBN191679727X Author Julia Hobsbawm Publisher Whitefox Publishing Ltd Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781916797277 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-25 Imprint Whitefox Publishing Ltd Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General UK Release Date 2024-04-25 Subtitle What We Thought We Knew About Work Before Covid and Generative AI – And What We Know Now Place of Publication London DEWEY 651.3 Pages 320 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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