The Future is Human: Understanding & Shaping the Future of Work Posts


We can learn a lot about managing our emotional debt (and the emotional debt of our employees) if we consider how businesses accrue and pay off technical debt.
Where we work matters. But just as important as where we work is who chooses where we work (and why), and that’s where we get some contention on the issue.
A conversation with ChatGPT reveals some interesting context on the history of careers and how they’ve evolved over time.
As we watch the career landscape shift before our eyes, we have to stay on top of how work itself is changing. Why? If we want to be able to take advantage of new opportunities instead of being left behind, you have to consider what the future of work holds.
The Faces of The U.S. Workforce
Published: 2022-12-14
Today’s workforce is changing whether it be by attitudes, beliefs, motivations, or approaches to career development.
42% of workers experience burnout and imposter syndrome at the same time, with the highest rates of burnout among Gen-Z, who entered the workforce during a period of heightened isolation.
Gallup says that at least half of the U.S. workforce is quiet quitting and 18% of workers are actively disengaged, which Gallup labels as ‘loud quitting.’ 
The world of work has changed, over the last 20 years... or even the last two years. But the way we run our organizations and manage our people? It hasn’t changed at nearly the same rate.
What does it take to be successful in the new world of work? SSON's newest columnist Connie Steele has years of experience in the Future of Work, and she's here to tell us it's driven by humans.