Future of Work and Organisations

Including people management, technology, demographics, workplace and rethinking organisations - all with an added dose of randomness.

By Andy Spence

Deloitte
The new division of labor
deloitte.com
The advent of artificial intelligence calls for a rethinking not only of humanity’s relationship with machines, but of how we, as a society, define …
Long-form Journalism
AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform—Call It Mirrorworld
WIRED - Kevin Kelly
Every December, Adam Savage—star of the TV show MythBusters—releases a video reviewing his “favorite things” from the previous year. In 2018, one of …
The Myth of The Infrastructure Phase
usv.com - dani.grant@usv.com
A common narrative in the Web 3.0 community is that we are in an infrastructure phase and the right thing to be working on right now is building out …
How Blockchain Can Transform The World of Work
medium.com
Andrew SpenceBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Sep 25, 2018 In many ways the digital age hasn’t really caught up with the world of work. Powerful search …
Blockchain and the Chief Human Resources Officer
glassbeadconsulting.com
Transforming the HR Function and the Market for Skills, Talent and Training The research paper, "Blockchain and the Chief Human Resources Officer" is …
What Has The Internet Ever Done for HR?
medium.com
Andrew SpenceBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jul 25, 2018 “All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, …
Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
The New York Times - By PAUL MOZUR
ZHENGZHOU, China — In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a police officer wearing facial recognition glasses spotted a heroin smuggler at a train station. In Qingdao, a city famous for its German colonial
Human-Machine Work Teams
irvingwb.com - IWB
Will there be enough work in the future? What’s the likely impact of our continuing technology advances on jobs? How will they impact productivity? …
Why AI Will Bring an Explosion of New Jobs
hackernoon.com
Daniel JeffriesBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing May 23, 2018 AI terrifies a lot of people. From superintelligent puppet masters taking over the world, to …
automation + capitalism = a perfect storm
jarche.com - Harold Jarche
I have often discussed the automation of work here and how we need to focus our development and education efforts on human competencies that cannot …
The 5 Types of Network Effects and How to Hack Them
hackernoon.com
Matt WardBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Dec 14, 2017 Society is built upon a story. The glue that holds humanity together is fiction, a creatively …
Long-form Journalism
Preparing Learners for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
esheninger.blogspot.com
Do you like change? If you do, then living in the present is an exhilarating experience. For those who don’t, buckle up as we are only going to see …
The economics of artificial intelligence
mckinsey.com
Downloadable Resources Article (PDF-80KB) With so many perspectives on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) flooding the business press, it’s …
The Work of the 21st Century
medium.com
Three Levels of Work the World Needs Now umair haqueBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 16, 2018 “So. What should we be working on, anyways?” It’s one of …
Proof of Human Work
medium.com
Who art DAO? Luke ShipleyBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 2, 2018 DAO Definition: A DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation) is a distributed …
Winning the Race Against the Machine
medium.com
Christos MakridisBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 15, 2018 Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, labels artificial intelligence (AI) an existential threat — citing …
Artificial intelligence: Construction technology’s next frontier
mckinsey.com
Downloadable Resources Article (PDF-935KB) The engineering and construction (E&C) sector is worth more than $10 trillion a year. And while its …
How blockchain will disrupt Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook
TNW - Matt Ward
In the eyes of “experts,” when it comes to blockchain, there is often no middle ground — it will either be boom or bust, nothing in between. I for one have become a big proponent of blockchain technology,
We Need Breakthrough Business Models, Not Breakthrough Technology
Fast Company - Morgan Clendaniel
Technology doesn’t transform markets, business models do. When humanity encounters a shiny new technology and senses its potential, we usually glibly assume that the world will instantaneously jump aboard
Work of Art
medium.com
Esko KilpiBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Feb 24, 2018 Ancient societies took it for granted that skills would be handed down from generation to …
Artists envisioned the future of work, and the results are pure fantasy
MIT Technology Review - Erin Winick
From landfill recycler to skyscraper printer: predictions of how you will be employed in 2030. Jobs are shifting. There is no question about that. But …
instagram
affectiva.com
Blockchain platforms can enable good work
thersa.org - Andy Spence
Despite high-profile issues with digital work platforms, blockchain technology could help us ensure the next generation are fair, effective and …
Platforms, Blockchains, and the Evolution of Trust
medium.com
MIT IDEBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Sep 4, 2017 By Irving Wladawsky-Berger “In primitive economies, people traded mostly with members of their village …
Proof of Human Work
hackernoon.com
Who art DAO? Luke ShipleyBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jan 21, 2018 DAO Definition: A DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation) is a distributed …
Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs
The Guardian - Andy Beckett
Work has ruled our lives for centuries, and it does so today more than ever. But a new generation of thinkers insists there is an alternative. By Andy Beckett Work is the master of the modern world. For
Biology, Blockchains and Quantum Physics
medium.com
How to thrive in the Snapchat economy Esko KilpiBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Dec 16, 2017 We inhabit a world of emergence, uncertainty and …
The Real Future of Work
POLITICO - By DANNY VINIK
Forget automation. The workplace is already cracking up in profound ways, and Washington is sorely behind on dealing with it. Danny Vinik is assistant editor for The Agenda at Politico. In 2013, Diana
Robots aren’t killing jobs fast enough—and we should be worried
Quartz - By Dan Kopf
Never has there been more discussion of the disruption of work and, by some measures, never has there been less disruption. It could be the calm before the AI-aided storm. It could also be a sign of a