The evolution of technology and the pace of change are increasing rapidly. Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, to name two technologies, are rapidly changing the way companies operate and the way many people live. Adapting to technological evolution is harder to do given the pace and scale of these changes, but it is necessary for companies who want to grow and maintain their success.
In Employment Is Dead: How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work, authors Deborah Perry Piscione and Josh Drean offer a refreshing and compelling take on tbe changing relationship between workers and companies. They advocate for a decentralized workforce where workers have more control over decision-making and operating their companies, for the flexibility of gig work, and the ability to work wherever, whenever. Flexible work arrangements may be a tougher nut to crack given larger corporations are slowly lassoing their workforces back into the office four to five days per week. However, Piscione and Drean both believe that such flexibility is helpful for worker engagement and performance.
Employment Is Dead argues that a less hierarchical, more agile company which empowers its workers to perform and embrace AI and other innovative technologies will likely have better chances to be successful in the decades to come. Given the “return to office” movement is picking up steam, this book is a strong counter to the current pulling unhappy workers back in.
MY RATING: 4.5