Tomorrowmind
Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity, and Connection—Now and in an Uncertain Future
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Publisher Description
A Greater Good magazine and Behavioral Scientist pick of 2023!
Thrive in your career with this radical, future-proofed approach to work in a world where automation, globalization, and downsizing are an urgent and threatening reality—from experts in workplace mental health, Gabriella Kellerman, CPO of BetterUp, and world-renowned psychologist Martin Seligman.
In recent years, workplace toxicity, industry volatility, and technology-driven turnover have threatened the psychological well-being of employees. When we can’t flourish at work, both personal success and corporate productivity suffer. As we sit on the cusp of some of the most turbulent economic changes in history, many of us wonder how we can not only survive but flourish in our careers.
Now, Tomorrowmind provides essential plans and actionable advice for facing the uncertain future of work. With in-depth and clear-eyed evidence, it offers key skills on everything from resilience and innovation to social connection and foresight. Cultivate a workplace that fosters connection and meaning for yourself or your employees with this timely and crucial guide that is destined to inspire generations of workers.
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The tech-driven workplace "threatens our well-being in its own unexpected new ways," according to this convincing if gloomy look ahead. "Alarmed by people's inability to rise to" the "mounting challenges" of modernity, Seligman (Flourish), former president of the American Psychological Association, and Kellerman, founder of the research organization BetterUp Labs, characterize historic shifts in labor, including the agricultural and industrial revolutions, as coming "at a wrenching human cost." They cite data suggesting that 800 million global workers will lose their jobs to automation by 2030, and "as many as 80% of us will see our wages reduced" in the same time frame for the same reason. To reverse the harm done by automation, they write, organizations must take behaviorial sciences into account when making business decisions and place more value on human well-being. Contending that "there is no precedent for either the pace or the type of change we face at work today," the authors call on companies to create an "Employee Thriving Team" that is "responsible for the well-being, personal growth, and professional growth of each individual employee." Readers who fear the worst about where the workplace is headed will find little comfort here.
