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Past Issues (2010-2011. For earlier issues contact Jim Ware)
Individual Articles (2011)
Selected individual articles from Future of Work Agenda are available here. They are listed in reverse chronological order.
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow html pdf
by Jim Ware (September 2011)
As the television sports announcer Jim McKay once said of a star athlete, "His whole future lies ahead of him." And of course, that's true for all of us. And one of our strongest yearnings is to know what lies ahead. What's around the corner? What's over the horizon? Those are interesting questions for us as individuals, but they are essential for organizations.
Book Review: Where Do Good Ideas Come From? by Steven Johnson html pdf
Reviewed by Jim Ware (September 2011)
I once commented that The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman, was the only non-fiction page turner I'd ever read. But now I've found another equally compelling professional book that I literally couldn't put down. Where Good Ideas Come From isn't Steven Johnson's first book, but it's by far the most important for those of us who care about innovation and collaboration.
It's Time to Rethink How and Why We Do What We Do html pdf
by Tim Springer (July/August 2011)
This article began as a bit of rant on a LinkedIn discussion group, but it evolved into a thoughtful analysis of the limitations of the "one size fits all" thinking that still dominates far too much of the conversation about workplaces and workplace strategy.
Book Review: The Shift, by Lynda Gratton html pdf
Reviewed by Jim Ware (July/August 2011)
I can't say it strongly enough: read The Shift: The future of work is already here, by London Business School Professor Lynda Gratton. And read it now. This compelling picture of the future of work represents the accumulated wisdom and imagination of more than five years of active exploration of the future by over fifty organizations in Gratton's Future of Work Consortium.
Growing Talent for Tomorrow's Industries html pdf
by Jim Ware (May/June 2011)
Jim was recently asked a simple but profound question: how can we train people for jobs that don't yet exist? This article contains his initial response; it ends with a call for radical reform in how we think about education and learning.
Musings About Knowledge Work and Place html pdf
by Jim Ware (May/June 2011)
This short article was first published in this newsletter in July 2006—almost five years ago. Several recent conversations about workforce mobility and evolving concepts of work regenerated Jim's personal interest in workplace design. Those conversations reminded him of this article, and we want to share it again, with the hope that it will help others think more creatively about how and where knowlege work gets done.
From Workplace Services to Workforce Support html pdf
by Jim Ware (April 2011)
It's now been the better part of a decade since Charlie Grantham and I participated in Corenet's CRE 2010 research project. That year-long effort concluded that the job of infrastructure professionals must become "supporting work, wherever it takes place." Given the traditional focus on buildings and real estate it's far too easy to forget about the people who use your facilities. We propose a dramatically broadened role for workplace services
When Did Temporary Become Permanent? html pdf
by Jim Ware (March 2011)
Everyone knows the workforce is becoming far more diverse—whether you look at gender, generational differences, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, or geographic dispersion. However, workforce demographic diversity is not the focus of this article. Rather, we are seeing an even more critical kind of diversity emerging in the way organizations get their work done and in the resulting variety of employment relationships.
Calendar Year 2011 Issues
Calendar Year 2010 Issues
November/December, 2010 html pdf
For copies of newsletters published in 2009 or earlier, please contact Jim Ware
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