Creating the Future of Work

The future of knowledge work may be uncertain, but we have a say in how AI reshapes our lives and livelihoods. It’s easy to feel dwarfed by the pace of technological change, to imagine that the future of work is something that happens to us, rather than something we have the power to shape.

Hindsight is 2020

I don’t mean “hindsight is 20/20.” I’m talking about the year 2020.

See, early in 2023, I wrote an article about starting and growing a business in 2023, and in that article I referenced this very same seismic shift in startup dynamics — a shift that, no surprise, began all the way back with the pandemic in 2020.

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There’s a genuine reorientation in the nation’s labor philosophy, and it seems to grow more fervent with each passing day. “As a result of the pandemic, most people realized that a seemingly safe job or industry can change overnight, and we really can’t predict those circumstances,” says Dorie Clark, a professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business a... See more

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