Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making subtle yet significant inroads into the daily workflows of tech professionals. Despite the lack of mainstream media coverage, these transformative tools are reshaping how work is done, often with profound benefits to individual workers rather than firms. Here, we explore two illustrative accounts from Nicholas Carlini and Erik Schluntz,...
Tag: future of work
What is a Workation? Should you try one?
A workation is a new trend that is becoming popular among young professionals. It is a combination of work and vacation, usually involving remote work in a location outside of an individual's usual office. For example, someone might work from a beach resort for a week, or from a cabin in the woods for a...
Remote and hybrid Work in 2022 – Trends and Predictions
Companies that refuse to accept the new reality of remote and hybrid work (without good reasons) will start to look out of date, especially as the benefits for diversity, recruitment, and work-life balance increase. But hybrid work experiences still friction. While 2021 was about getting bosses to allow people to choose where they want to...
EmTechNext 2019
EmTechNext 2019 is over. The overall impression I got by listening to the discussions is that we are looking at an uncertain, but positive future of work. This is a bit surprising, since the public discourse about machine learning, artificial intelligence and the gig economy is often dominated by visions of dystopian (jobless, low income)...
