screenshot 2023-08-23 at 10.29.09

INFORMATION

SERVICES

INFORMATION

SERVICES

WORKING THE FUTURE

FOLLOW US

FOLLOW US

WORKING THE FUTURE

Newsletter

LinkedIn 

Twitter

Instagram

Contact us

Privacy policy

Website terms of use

Cookies policy

Consultancy

Recruitment & retention

Foresight Focus

Hybrid work resources

Our vision

Who we are

What we do

Client engagements

The Future of Work | Working the Future
1ftp_businessmember_horizontal_white-720x307-d8610011-fbe2-48f7-be76-94cdcca3e1df
wtflogostrapline tm transparent
wtflogostrapline tm transparent
bba_betterbusinessact_logo_light
bba_betterbusinessact_logo_light
screenshot 2024-04-05 at 11.45.14

Working the Future blog: our latest insights and future of work sensemaking

The Rise of the Robots – Martin Ford, Oneworld Publications, 2015

2022-03-08 15:33

Admin

Reading Room, Martin Ford, The Rise of the Robots,

The Rise of the Robots – Martin Ford, Oneworld Publications, 2015

This is a really insightful delve into not only the technologies that are coming to eat up the workplace but also a forward snapshot as to how the social and ec

This is a really insightful delve into not only the technologies that are coming to eat up the workplace but also a forward snapshot as to how the social and economic consequences may unfold.  

Ford’s book gives a much better understanding of the various technologies, the names of which are often interchangeable within the realms of popular press.  

He goes as far to look at universal basic income and the pros and cons of the various iterations and options available. A very sobering, but nonetheless necessary, read. ​

© Working the Future Ltd. 2016-2024. Limited company no. 10512378 registered in England and Wales

 Registered office address: 42 Longfield Drive, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 5HE, United Kingdom

Working the Future, the Working the Future logotype and the arrowhead device are all registered trademarks of Working the Future Ltd.