Future of work 'must-read' book. Proactive help to transition.
Highly-recommended 'visionary' reading* to help you understand the new world of work which is now an Executive MBA textbook. Sophie's insights, strategies and workshops help executives and managers understand and transition to the new world of work - a talent-focused, technology-accelerated business environment.
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Interview: Sophie Wade on the Future of Work
The Future of Work is something that everyone wants to understand, but few of us fully do. What we can all agree on is that in many ways, the “future” is already here. There are more freelancers, an increased need for workplace flexibility, and changing technologies that shrink opportunities in some areas while creating opportunities in others. As these technological advances continue to accelerate at a previously unseen pace, it will be increasingly important for businesspeople to anticipate new changes and face them head-on. Read the full interview on InfoWorks.com.
Remote Work on Tour: Part 3 — Getting into the Groove and then Life Happens!
Life doesn’t stop when you launch yourself into a new adventure. It takes on a whole new level of intensity or growth or involvement or effort. Or all of the above. When Naum Kaluzhny started on his 4-month Remote Year program, he was anticipating a journey of discovery. He wasn’t necessarily anticipating all the other things that ‘life’ throws at you along the way. And these things still have to be dealt with no matter where you are or who you’re with.
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*Sophie's book--Embracing Progress--is recognized as being visionary reading about the Future of Work and a 'MUST READ':
The beginning of the year is a time when we start thinking about the future. As CEO of Upwork, I read widely in order to better anticipate and understand the trends in work. If you want to immerse yourself in visionary reading about the future of work, education, and cities—and perhaps even become your own futurist—check out my picks that look to the road ahead.
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A Sophie Wade @ASophieWade - Monday, Aug 19, 2019
MAJOR philosophical shift at Business Roundtable about the ‘#purpose of a corporation’. Employees and society are n… https://t.co/ToWhngStVz
A Sophie Wade @ASophieWade - Sunday, Aug 18, 2019
Grounding your organization with a culture of #empathy and care enables employees to feel supported and focus on th… https://t.co/HagsR94myh
A Sophie Wade @ASophieWade - Sunday, Aug 18, 2019
Sunday Suggestion: It’s time to skill-up for the #futureofwork. #Empathy is inherent in several of the skills liste… https://t.co/CyywHXbhZM
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Sophie is a Workforce Innovation Specialist. She is an authority on the wide-ranging Future-of-Work issues impacting companies and workers’ new demands – such as attracting, engaging and retaining talent; digital transformation; managing a distributed workforce; and new career paradigms.
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MATT
BREITFELDER
Chief Talent Officer,
BlackRock
JULIE
SILVER, MD
Associate Professor,
Harvard Medical School
“Sophie Wade brings a thoughtful and refreshing perspective to the critical topic of the Future of Work. She has spent much time and energy assessing how we can achieve better performance, engagement, and career satisfaction in the workplace. Embracing Progress is full of good ideas that can help us all think more creatively about how we work. It couldn’t come at a more important time.”
“Sophie Wade brings to readers fresh ideas and terrific strategies aimed at helping them to succeed in today’s and tomorrow’s dynamic work environment, with experience from her own career that has been latticed and diverse.”