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All Work and No Play. . .
James Ware, PhD Brace yourself; this is a more personal essay than my usual feature article. I’m using this space to do some serious reflecting about the nature of work in 2012, and to look ahead at...
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Future of Work Agenda Newsletter – November 2012
November 2012 We work with senior executives who want to take charge of their future at work by attracting exceptional people, leveraging innate talents, and increasing productivity It’s been said...
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Future of Work Agenda, June 2013
June 2013 We work with senior executives who want to take charge of the future by creating compelling work experiences I'm back. Actually, I haven’t really gone anywhere, except that a few months...
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Conversation as the Pathway to Learning
July 1, 2013 We work with senior executives who want to take charge of the future by creating compelling work experiences This is the first instance of my new commitment to share ideas about the...
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One Size Misfits All
July 22, 2013 We work with senior executives who want to take charge of the future by creating compelling work experiences Variety is the spice of life. Indeed, variety and individuality is the...
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One Size Misfits All
Variety is the spice of life. Indeed, variety and individuality is the essence of human existence. As some long-forgotten pundit once put it, “If God wanted us all to be the same, (S)he would have...
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Choosing to Commit
Every September I find it hard to believe that summer is over. I know, I know; it's not technically over until September 22, but in North America it's already back-to-school time, Labor Day is behind...
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What Makes a Learning Experience Unforgettable?
November 2013 Last month I highlighted Alvin Toffler’s observation that 21st-century literacy meant the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn – being agile enough to acquire new knowledge and...
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What Will the Future of Work Look Like?
December 2013 As a self-proclaimed workplace futurist I get asked all the time "What will the future of work really look like?" And it’s an appropriate question to contemplate at the end of the...
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Creating Through Collaboration
January 2014 In December I described the difficulty (and the risks) of attempting to predict the future more than a few years out. This month I am going to ignore my own good advice and speculate a...
View ArticleWellness and Wellbeing in the Workplace
This article marks the beginning of a slight change in my Future of Work Agenda newsletter publishing plans. Some time ago I simplified the newsletter format, sharing a single thought piece with you...
View ArticleWellness and Wellbeing in the Workplace – Part Two
This post continues the conversation that began with the “Wellness and Wellbeing” note last week. If you haven’t yet read that post, I suggest you click on the link and read it now, before proceeding...
View ArticleWellness and Wellbeing – Part Three
This article continues the conversation that began with the first “Wellness and Wellbeing” note in late February and continued with “Wellness and Wellbeing-Part Two” last week. Here we focus on some...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T is the Key to the Future of Work
With a bow to Aretha Franklin, our focus this week is on the central role that Respect will play in the future of work. I have emphasized the importance of Wellness and Wellbeing in the workplace over...
View ArticleIs the Future of Work Hidden in Germany?
Over that past five years the United States has lived with high unemployment that rivals what this country experienced during the Great Depression. As we all hear in the news almost daily, there are...
View ArticleRehearsing Tomorrow – It’s No Joke
I’m sure you are on the lookout for silly emails and headlines every April 1 – I am reasonably certain that April Fool’s Day is celebrated almost everywhere around the world. But my message today is...
View ArticleStop Managing Me!
In all the debate and discussion about workplace design one very fundamental factor is often overlooked: the importance of individual choice in where, when, and how work gets done. In my humble...
View ArticleWhat’s the Common Good?
Several hundred years ago most villages had at their center a “commons” – an area of public land that served not only as a meeting place (the “public square”) but usually also as grazing land for the...
View ArticleThe workplace IS strategic: take it from a CEO
Picture this: On the first day that a Chicago-based financial services company moved into a new – and dramatically redesigned – workplace, two employees bumped into each other in the hallway. One said...
View ArticleThe Workplace IS Strategic: Take it from a CEO (Part Two)
Last week I described how in 2001 Joe Hagan, the Chief Executive Officer of National Equity Fund (NEF) led a highly strategic workplace redesign and relocation project that had a major impact on the...
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