The tour on the road to after capitalism stops today at Unilever, prompted by an outstanding Cold Call podcast that had …
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The tour on the road to after capitalism stops today at Unilever, prompted by an outstanding Cold Call podcast that had …
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So, we meet again. Another opportunity to decide how we want to use productivity gains on the road to After Capitalism. …
We all love lists. I posted a drivers list a year-ish ago. I thought it would be fun to revisit and see if anything …
That is the question ... may I offer “post-work” as the answer? The Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting are …
The unfortunate aspects of Whole Food’s CEO John Mackey’s comments about youth being “lazy socialists” is that they are …
What will the workforce of the future look like? I use a simple taxonomy that is focused more on the knowledge …
There is no magic wand. There is no switch to flip. It’s more than a few policy tweaks. It’s more than good …
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I’ve been trying to understand what’s going on with the “Great Resignation.” Boomers are [finally] retiring. More people …
Readers know my answer, but what do you think? [Be great to hear your views]. Here’s my blog-sized case for “yes and …
When we explain our four archetype scenarios, often someone will ask whether there is a pattern in how the four …
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It’s great to see my piece “Getting Ready for a Post-Work Future” published in Foresight and STI Governance. I blogged …
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In our series on a post-work future, last time we looked at how jobs providing structure to daily life would be a …
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When you are introduced to someone, how long is it before you let them know what you do for work? And how soon do you …
I was working my way through the Horizon 2 transition concepts for After Capitalism when a wonderful listserv …
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Jerry Glenn asked me to alert the APF that the Millennium Project’s new State of the Future report is out. I confess …
Changing sense of place is a potential emerging discontinuity I’ve been using with groups lately. On the …
I published an “End of Work as We Know It” piece back in 2015 for the Career Planning and Adult Development Journal. A …
My elegant title suggests a simple strategy of looking at the unfolding pathway of automation and don’t follow a …
I had the pleasure of participating on a panel exploring the future of work at the GAO for IFPTE Local 1921annual union …
Jobs have been on my mind lately. I’ve been looking through job descriptions as part of my work on the APF …
....and I feel fine (if I have the old REM song right). In simpler words, the changes ahead for work could be really …
A year or so ago, I posted twenty-five names that have been suggested for the next economy. While I would not claim to …
I was recently on a panel discussion for “The Future of the Global Workforce” for the Houston chapter of the World …
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I hope you’ll pardon the mouthful of a title, but it seemed useful to convey a big gulp of ideas for organizing economic …
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About four years ago, I wrote a piece called “retirement as an obsolescent concept” in Career Planning and Adult …
Knowledge work is emerging as the central focus of developed economies, with emerging markets making forays into it as …
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Personalized Professions describes a “transformation" scenario archetype [see description below] Successful new …
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Socially-Centric Work describes a “new equilibrium” scenario archetype [see description below] Digitization and the …
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Back to Basics describes a “collapse” scenario archetype [see description below] Innovative approaches to knowledge …
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I had the cover story in the August 2014 issue of BeInkandescent.com with my former colleague Chris Carbone. We explore …
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