On holiday
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I've taken my own advice this week and while on holiday decided to give myself some time off from work.
Rather than write the usual newsletter, therefore, I'm marking Future Work-Life #10 by sharing ten links - five of the most popular from the first nine weeks, plus five for stuff I've read and listened to this week.
I hope you enjoy and I'll be back next week with the first in a short series on parenting and work.
Cheers,
Ollie
Top 5 Future Work-Life Links:
From FWL#2 - The New Future of Work on Sam Harris' Making Sense podcast - this includes Matt Mullenweg's excellent summary of 'Distributed Work's Five Levels of Autonomy'.
From FWL#4 - This Danny in the Valley podcast with Sebastian Thrun is a fascinating glimpse into the future of education and how that could impact people's work and life in general. Thrun launched Google X, is the father of the self-driving car industry (having launched what is now Waymo) is now the co-founder and Chairman of Udacity, an online education platform.
From FWL#5 - The Passion Economy and the Future of Work by Li Jin on A16Z.
From FWL#6 - Activate the brain's seeking system by Dan Cable on the Big Think.
From FWL#9 - How a learning culture helps organisations address major issues including the pandemic and racism by former NBA basketball player John Amaechi, who is now a high-performance coach and organisational psychologist. In this talk for the CIPD, he offers great insight and clarity of thought.
Top 5 things I've read and listened to this week:
How Tech Giants Make Their Billions by Omri Wallach in the Visual Capitalist.
How to develop grit and amplify your creativity with Dr Angela Duckworth and Dr Scott Barry on the Flow Research Collective Radio podcast.
The world after covid-19 - Adam Grant on how jobs, bosses and firms may improve after the crisis in The Economist.
Will Facebook’s salary-by-location move set precedent for tech? By Janina Conboye in the FT.
Why Sports Still Lead The Analytics Revolution on the Three Big Points podcast.