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A guide for business professionals outlines how to succeed in today's rapidly changing environment of younger, empowered workers and performance-boosting technologies, challenging traditional leadership models while explaining how to adapt to a mobile employee base.
List of contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Rethinking Chess and Work xi
1 The Five Trends Shaping the World of Work 1
2 The Cog: Today's Employee 21
3 Seven Principles of the Future Employee 31
4 The Freelancer Economy 69
5 The Zookeeper: Today's Manager 77
6 Ten Principles of the Future Manager 91
7 The Managerless Company 119
8 The Organization of Today 137
9 Fourteen Principles of the Future Organization 145
10 Technology as the Central Nervous System 193
11 The Six-Step Process for Adapting to the Future of Work: How to Become the Future Organization (and Stay That Way!) 203
12 Rethinking Work 213
Notes 217
The FOW Community (dedicated to the future of work and collaboration) 223
Index 225
About the author
Jacob Morga is a futurist and globally recognized thought leader on the future of work and collaboration. He is the principal and co-founder of Chess Media Group, a management consulting and strategic advisory firm that focuses on the future of work and collaboration. Jacob has worked with companies such as Safeway, Sodexo, Siemens, Lowe's Home Improvement, Franklin Templeton Investments, and many others. Jacob is frequently cited in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, Fast Company, Inc Magazine, and others. He is the author of the best-selling, The Collaborative Organization, and has a column for Forbes. Jacob speaks at conferences and events around the world. To work with Jacob or inquire about speaking engagements you can email Jacob directly; Jacob@ChessMediaGroup.com or connect with Jacob on Twitter @JacobM. Learn more about Jacob by visiting TheFutureOrganization.com.
Summary
Throughout the history of business employees had to adapt to managers and managers had to adapt to organizations. In the future this is reversed with managers and organizations adapting to employees. This means that in order to succeed and thrive organizations must rethink and challenge everything they know about work.
