This topic has been done to death, every freelancer and her dog has discussed it whilst rearranging their self-help books, polishing their MacBook and contemplating where they can find some lunch money as their last paying gig was 6 months ago.
So what happened today at The OuiShare Summit? Yep, I spent a big chunk of time with others discussing the future of work.
However, as always there is a twist, we discussed how we could make the discussion about ‘future if work’ great again.
It is about how we can define the term ‘work’, perhaps looking about the future of unemployment that many might face. It was about accepting there are multiple futures and not one.
We are stuck in our bubbles of freelancing and realising that there are billions of other humans who are facing different future of work challenges.
It is also about reframing the whole discussion and communicating what is being said as often it is too locally focused and narrow.
For me it is taking about the work practices instead of a narrow focus on the physical environment.
Also, Seth Godin did a brilliant talk on ‘what is school for?’ A question rarely asked about education, so perhaps we need to ask what is work for? To look about how as humans we can be engaged in work that has purpose and meaning in our post industrialised world, where we may no longer be mere drones doing functional work for someone else organisation and dream.
The future is always uncertain, and harder than ever to predict. Perhaps we can focus on now and making change as now shapes the future for us all.
Tag: success
4 days in Hvar
So I’m at my 2nd Ouishare Summit, last March I was in Lisbon, and now Hvar Island in Croatia.
So why am I back? Well the first time I went to the Summit in Lisbon was to find out what Ouishare was all about, even though I’d been in the edge of Ouishare in London for many years.
Well I discovered why no one could really explain Ouishare as it’s a collection of communities and people with a fluid vision as it’s constantly evolving, permanent beta is the phrase.
So I’m back to see what’s new, what has changed and to discover more about the people involved. Of course being on an island at hotel with a beach and pool in 20c + sunshine had nothing to do with my decision to come.
So let’s see what 4 days in Hvar will bring and will I leave as inspired as I left Lisbon last year?
