Jay Matthews

Trends: thriving in the new world of work (annual review on org psych)

- key things changing around alt work arrangements

- fixed schedule, full-time work, at firm's place of business

- changing based on the kind of work 

- if people have control over: when they work, where they work, conditions in which contracts are solidified, can have different

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Scalable future self-continuity interventions may open up new channels for enhancing health, education, and wealth.

But perhaps there is a middle ground between self and stranger. To the extent that someone imagines their future self to be similar to their present self, this sense of “future self-continuity” might predict their willingness to at least consider the interests of the future self.

Neutralizing each other’s complexity affords us a kind of manageable otherness. We narrow down our partner, ignoring or rejecting essential parts when they threaten the established order of our coupledom. We also reduce ourselves, jettisoning large chunks of our personalities in the name of love

2. elaborate on this structure in a way that preserves and strengthens it

Marketplaces: "mitigate complexity in a mature creator platform."

Here is something I strongly believe: These are the kinds of people that are not only going to thrive on unconventional paths but in the broader working ecosystem. The world of work is increasingly being driven by creativity, art, and storytelling.

Starting  projects and embracing “theories of change” became  de rigeur .

But  I am my deeper and complete self when I build in community.

• building in public gives emptiness


• focus is on going and building deeper


• additional context of mutual trust


• psychological safety