Work Disrupted, Suzanne Riss
Work Disrupted, Suzanne Riss
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Work Disrupted
Opportunity, Resilience, and Growth in the Accelerated Future of Work

Author: Suzanne Riss, Jeff Schwartz

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

The future of work swept in sooner than expected, accelerated by Covid-19, creating an urgent need for new maps, new mindsets, new strategies—and most importantly, a trusted guide to take us on this journey. That guide is Jeff Schwartz. A founding partner of Deloitte Consulting's Future of Work practice, Schwartz brings clarity, humor, wisdom, and practical advice to the future of work, a topic surrounded by misinformation, fear, and confusion.

If you're anxious about robots taking away your job in the future, you will take comfort in the realistic perspective, fact-based insights, and practical steps Schwartz offers. If you're not sure where to even begin to prepare, follow his level-headed advice and easy-to-follow action plans. If you're a business leader caught between keeping up, while also being thoughtful about the next moves, you will appreciate the playbook directed at you.

Written in a conversational style by Schwartz, with Suzanne Riss, an award-winning journalist and book author, Work Disrupted offers a welcome alternative to books on the topic that lack a broad perspective or dwell on problems rather than offer solutions. Timely and insightful, the book includes the impact of Covid-19 on our present and future work. Interviews with leading thinkers on the future of work offer additional perspectives and guidance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Geoff

On a positive note, this is a good summary of current work trends: work with robots vs against them, we all work from home now, and plan to up-skill for your next job. Apart from the accuracy of these observations, I was missing that insight of learning something new and unexpected.......more

Goodreads review by Fred

More Promised Than Delivered - When I saw this title, I had high hopes. The book does provide good documentation of the societal and workplace disruptions we have experienced due to continued technological development and the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., see also my review of Zakaria’s “Ten Lessons for......more

Design thinking allows business leaders and managers to focus on the person and the experience, not only the process. When leaders act like coaches (with a focus on future performance) more than commanders (who judge past efforts), better results ensue. Regular check-ins with team members, leaders an......more

Goodreads review by David

Published in early 2021, amidst the lockdowns and Covid disruption. This 170-page densely-written book contains a synthesis from Jeff’s experiences: as a senior HR consultant; interviews with prominent businesspeople and leaders; recitations from other authors; lots of different perspectives about j......more

Goodreads review by Laura

This book was a great summary of trends in the working world, and was also up-to-date enough to include some of the initial impacts of COVID19. I appreciated the insights; however, it was also very dry and took me several months to finish, as I wasn't compelled to keep picking it up. While the subje......more