
The World of Work to 2030
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A book that helps make sense of the megatrends playing out in the world today and, as a result, how individuals can future-proof their businesses and careers.
In the context of work, consider two headlines that we face on a regular basis. Firstly, that the financial reality is few of us can afford to retire and, secondly, that robots and AI are destroying the very jobs we need to make a living. How are these two realities compatible?
At the same time, the business landscape is full of hazards, with globalization, technology, talent shortages, changing consumer choices and politics all making it harder to create and maintain success. Competitors seemingly arrive from nowhere overnight, challenging and upending our markets.
It is all up in the air, it is all happening at once and it is happening to all of us. From any perspective - personal or corporate - shouldn't we seek to understand what is happening and prepare ourselves for what is coming next?
The World of Work to 2030 is a practical book that addresses these challenges. With a timeline to enable immediate action to be taken, and backed by extensive research, it is aimed at anyone who wants to know how to navigate the commercial and personal uncertainty of the future. The book considers the megatrends playing out in the world today and then through a series of lenses it explains how businesses and individuals can future-proof themselves. Illustrated through a broad range of case studies applied to markets around the world, this is a smart examination of the future of work and how to overcome its challenges.
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Russell draws on a diverse background having worked as an engineering project leader in 25 countries, as European Head of Talent for Yahoo! and as Managing Director of a £120 million talent outsourcing business.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Synopsis
- chapter one: Introduction - scene setting and background
- The personal perspective
- Work, we underestimate its importance
- Work, let's hope we enjoy it!
- Work, it is all about the money! But not as we know it
- The depressing truth
- The nature of work
- The self-delusion
- The result
- The corporate perspective
- It is all change, change, change
- What does this all mean?
- How to get the most from this book
- chapter two: The changing world in numbers and data
- Urbanization and the rise of the East
- Technology
- Demography
- Globalization and Interconnectedness
- Climate
- Politics
- chapter three: The megatrends playing out in the world today
- Hit for six
- Urbanization and the rise of the East
- The centre of the world - economically at least
- The streets are paved with gold
- Technology
- To the moon and back
- It is not just about the numbers
- Platforms supercharge the possibilities
- Demography
- Potentially peaked.
- The real problem
- Globalization and Interconnectedness
- We are all connected now
- External events catch us unaware
- Climate
- The brutal reality
- The impact
- Surely COVID-19 helped?
- The current impact
- Politics
- The culmination of everything that has gone before
- The new norm.?
- Age, the new political battleground
- chapter four: What does this mean for business?
- Part 1: The impact on our business strategy
- The continuation of interconnectedness - it started years ago
- Interconnectedness now becomes political
- What does this all mean?
- You just won't see it coming
- Focus and Size
- Just say 'no'
- Focus, focus, focus
- Core v. chore
- Part 2: The impact on our workforce
- The rise of specialists
- Holistic workforces
- The rise of the holistic organization
- Company reach will be far bigger than their size suggests
- The societal challenge
- The gig worker
- The shifting problem
- Apple. again
- Part 3: The internal impact - The office and flexibility
- Flexibility
- The long path to flexibility
- The desire for flexibility
- But what is flexibility?
- 'Low-wage' flexibility
- 'Knowledge worker' flexibility - it is all about time
- 'Knowledge worker' flexibility - actually, it is all about trust
- Making flexibility work
- The office
- Compare your office to your home
- It is not about hot-desking
- Nor is it about open-plan
- It's to collaborate and for culture, isn't it?
- Design it for the output
- chapter five: What does this mean for our people and talent?
- COVID magnified the problem
- Demand
- Supply
- But why now?
- From resignation to migration
- What can you do?
- Compensation - it's all about the money
- Community - it is all about belonging
- The neurological importance of belonging
- Career - What will I learn?
- Do you know what you want (or need)?
- Casting your net wider
- Development as retention
- Who are your masters?
- Cause - it is all about meaning
- Understand your impact
- Tie it together
- Company - show you understand your people
- What do your people want?
- Show you care
- Highlight the benefit
- Culture
- Know who and what you are
- Your people reinforce the culture
- Management influence culture
- chapter six: Future skills
- The impact of AI and technology
- Take a step back.
- Technology: the great leveller
- The Knowledge - three years to 30 seconds
- New talent
- Technology: the great creator
- Technology: the great accelerator
- ChatGPT impact
- ChatGPT: the challenges
- ChatGPT - the real value
- The end of truth. or to put it another way, how do I know what is true?
- The skills of the future
- Top 15 skills
- Creativity
- It is all about the people
- Hire that!!
- Top performers everywhere. Hopefully.
- The failure statistic
- The failure cost
- Why is the failure rate so high?
- A new approach: Hire the right people
- A word of warning
- Know what you are looking for
- Sort out the job description
- Explain why the job is important
- Define the desired output, not the activity
- Take this job if.
- do not take this job if.
- Get a third party to read the JD
- The most predictive question
- chapter seven: Sustainability
- Diversity
- Diversity matters
- But what type of diversity?
- Cognitive diversity in action
- Creativity and innovation as a mass activity
- But what about internal cognitive diversity?
- The definition of (and thus problem with) diversity
- The definition of inclusion
- We need to create belonging
- Creating belonging
- Words have power
- Put belonging at the centre of your induction
- Listen
- Culture buddy
- See differences as strengths
- Climate
- A business rationale
- Sustainability and talent
- A framework to move forward
- Make it local
- Make it real - next steps
- chapter eight: Future-proofing our careers
- Average is over
- The T-(and V-) shaped career
- Life-long learning
- Career profiles
- Gigs - from a personal perspective
- Have a personal brand
- The 4 Ps
- Product
- Positioning (also called placement)
- Promotion
- Price
- Seek endorsements
- Have a network
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Author's note
- References
- 1. Introduction - scene setting and background
- 2. The changing world in numbers and data
- 3. The megatrends playing out in the world today
- 4. What does this mean for business?
- 5. What does this mean for our people and talent?
- 6. Future skills
- 7. Sustainability
- 8. Future-proofing our careers
- Conclusion
- Index
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