future of work
she’s something unglamorously in-between: a worker doing the best she can to not lose track of the positive potential—personally and collectively—in something as mundane as earning a wage.
Martin Dolan • Clocked Out
Reconstructing work means designing for this instead of fighting it.
It means humane agreements that don’t require human sacrifice. Where you can work intensely on a project without giving up your life. Where you can contribute meaningfully without being available 24/7. Where compensation reflects actual value, not how long you’ve been there or how... See more
It means humane agreements that don’t require human sacrifice. Where you can work intensely on a project without giving up your life. Where you can contribute meaningfully without being available 24/7. Where compensation reflects actual value, not how long you’ve been there or how... See more
Zoe Scaman • The Stories We Need Now
Her ideas channel the structural frustration of the bullshit-jobs left while holding on to the notion that work can be more than a scam or a chore. It grants permission to groan about bad, unfulfilling work without conceding that all work is always bad.
Martin Dolan • Clocked Out
Even David Graeber, the north star of political intellectuals for so many of my peers, jumped into the fray. Expanded from a viral essay, his 2018 book Bullshit Jobs collects interviews with hundreds of people who describe what they do as pointless. From these conversations, Graeber realized that the few jobs today that are tangibly useful—say,... See more
Martin Dolan • Clocked Out
But what if we built our timelines differently? Not just the standard checkpoints and milestones, but deliberate pause points. A week between strategy sessions to let insights settle. Three days after customer research to spot patterns. Time set aside not for more analysis or more creation, but for the vital work of integration. Those moments when... See more
Zoe Scaman • The Noetic Spiral
Do this once, and you’ve got a learning experience. Do it twice, and you’ve got comparison data. Do it three times, and you’ve got the beginnings of a portfolio. Do it five times, and you understand more about how businesses actually work than most agency strategists will learn in a decade.
Zoe Scaman • So You Want to Be a Strategist
the absurdity of having a job under capitalism.
Martin Dolan • Clocked Out
The path of “get into a top firm, learn the craft, exit into something interesting” is narrower than it’s ever been.
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is eating the bottom of the value chain. The tasks that used to be given to juniors - desk research, competitive audits, first-draft decks, trend reports - are increasingly being done by tools. Not... See more
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is eating the bottom of the value chain. The tasks that used to be given to juniors - desk research, competitive audits, first-draft decks, trend reports - are increasingly being done by tools. Not... See more