Bibliograph

The nowhere office, reinventing work and the workplace of the future, Julia Hobsbawm

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The nowhere office, reinventing work and the workplace of the future, Julia Hobsbawm

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-184) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The nowhere office

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Julia Hobsbawm

Sub title

reinventing work and the workplace of the future

Summary

The world of work is shifting to become a Nowhere Office faster than anyone could imagine. The pandemic has accelerated shifts caused by increased automation and the 4th Industrial Revolution, and perhaps as much as one third of the world's permanent workforce will become remote-based; where offices as we know it will need to be repurposed for less and different kinds of occupancy; where the challenges of managing 'WFH' teams multiply, and where the idea of 'Purpose' itself - of meaningful work - begins to take center stage. This book takes the view that these changes are irreversible to some degree and yet should be broadly welcomed as a moment to improve on the failures of the workplace. The Nowhere Office is an analysis of this pivotal moment in the history of work. Julia Hobsbawm, a leading voice on the social health of businesses offers a strategic and practical guide, voicing the problems that beset work -the endemic stagnant productivity and stress crisis that predated the pandemic - and asks: isn't now the time to develop something better, something more meaningful, something more workable?

Table Of Contents

Shift 1: Placeless, timeless -- Shift 2: Worker beings -- Shift 3: The productivity puzzle -- Shift 4: New networks -- Shift 5: Marzipan management -- Shift 6: Social health and well-being -- Reinventions

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