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The Nine
The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace
Book IV: The Future of Work

The Nine
The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace
Book IV: The Future of Work

About the Book
Publication Date: April 6, 2023
Formats: Hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook
Page Length: 284 pages
Publisher: Racket Publishing
As COVID has receded, companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Salesforce, and Twitter have severely restricted or even eliminated remote work. Ditto for countless, less iconic firms and small businesses. At a high level, executives and managers at these organizations are trying to turn back the clock to 2019.
There’s just one problem, though: For a bevy of reasons, they won’t succeed.
In many ways, the workplace of 2023 already differs from its pre-pandemic counterpart. In some cases, it’s downright unrecognizable. What’s more, this gap will only intensify in the coming years. Blame—or thank, if you like—powerful economic, societal, geopolitical, and technological forces. They include generative AI, automation, dispersed workforces, blockchain, immersive technologies, employee empowerment, and the return of systemic inflation.
Brass tacks: The workplace is undergoing a massive, irrevocable shift. The only question for business leaders is, What should you do about it?
The workplace of 2023 already differs from its pre-pandemic counterpart.
In The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace, I answer that question in spades. I peer into the dizzying and chaotic future of work. In the process, I slice through the hype surrounding nascent trends and newfangled technologies.
Insightful, timely, and essential, The Nine clearly explains what’s really happening, why, and how business leaders can navigate the dramatically different workplace of the future.
The Nine is the fourth installment in my series on the future of work.
About the Book
Publication Date: April 6, 2023
Formats: Hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook
Page Length: 284 pages
Publisher: Racket Publishing
As COVID has receded, companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Salesforce, and Twitter have severely restricted or even eliminated remote work. Ditto for countless, less iconic firms and small businesses. At a high level, executives and managers at these organizations are trying to turn back the clock to 2019.
There’s just one problem, though: For a bevy of reasons, they won’t succeed.
In many ways, the workplace of 2023 already differs from its pre-pandemic counterpart. In some cases, it’s downright unrecognizable. What’s more, this gap will only intensify in the coming years. Blame—or thank, if you like—powerful economic, societal, geopolitical, and technological forces. They include generative AI, automation, dispersed workforces, blockchain, immersive technologies, employee empowerment, and the return of systemic inflation.
Brass tacks: The workplace is undergoing a massive, irrevocable shift. The only question for business leaders is, What should you do about it?
In The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace, I answer that question in spades. I peer into the dizzying and chaotic future of work. In the process, I slice through the hype surrounding nascent trends and newfangled technologies.
Insightful, timely, and essential, The Nine clearly explains what’s really happening, why, and how business leaders can navigate the dramatically different workplace of the future.
The Nine is the fourth installment in my series on the future of work.
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Press, Podcasts, and Interviews
- Fast Company: Here’s how workers at companies like Accenture and Walmart are using virtual reality
- Inc: 7 Signs That We Have Entered the Age of Empowered Employees
- Economics for Business podcast
- Being Human pod
- The Forces Reshaping the Workplace With Kevin Eikenberry
- DisrupTV Episode 321 (I’m the third and final guest on the show.)
- Allwork.Space Future of Work podcast
- Accidental Creative podcast
Custom Editions of the Book
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