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Design It Like Our Livelihoods Depend on It:

Design It Like Our Livelihoods Depend on It:

8 Principles for creating on-demand platforms for better work futures
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Marina GorbisApr 4
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“This is strictly a business decision”

“This is strictly a business decision”

When a company says “This is strictly a business decision,” explaining why they must outsource jobs, it’s worth reading the fine print and…
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Tim O'ReillyMar 24
NotCoolUber.com

NotCoolUber.com

Uber has jumped the shark. It is now painfully apparent that it doesn’t care for its drivers and it doesn’t pay them well
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Dave CraigeJan 9
Escape from Cell Block A4

Escape from Cell Block A4

Breaking the Boundaries of the Written Document
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Jamie MyroldJan 25
What Paul Graham Is Missing About Inequality

What Paul Graham Is Missing About Inequality

Before he published his essay on inequality, Paul Graham sent it to me for comment. I sent him some quick impressions and promised a more…
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Tim O'ReillyJan 25

In his essay on Income Inequality, Paul Graham credited me for pre-publication feedback.

“I really struggle with your thinking on this. First off, you disallow any thinking about statistical impact and various quantiles of…
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Tim O'ReillyJan 25
Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles

Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles

I originally published this piece in the New Year of 2009 as a way of reminding people how to think about their work in the wake of the…
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Tim O'ReillyJan 10, 2009
Does your office limit growth and revenue?

Does your office limit growth and revenue?

I recently posted about the one-time-setup and recurring-costs of an office - mostly focused on financial costs, human distraction costs…
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John O'DuinnDec 14, 2015
Conversations and narratives are the new documents

Conversations and narratives are the new documents

With the emergence of writing, physical presence was no longer necessary for sharing information. In other words, a person’s being there…
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Esko KilpiNov 25, 2015
About that Shift Boss

About that Shift Boss

Back in July, Tim O'Reilly posted about his What’s the Future (WTF) Conference, which is this week. O’Reilly’s article paints a picture of…
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Keith AndersonNov 9, 2015
Products as art and the manager as an artist

Products as art and the manager as an artist

I attended The O’Reilly Next:Economy Conference in San Francisco last week as a speaker and a listener.
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Esko KilpiNov 19, 2015
This is Your Life in 10 Years Time

This is Your Life in 10 Years Time

What do you, the worker of the future, look like?
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FloownNov 24, 2015
Designing a New Operating System for Work

Designing a New Operating System for Work

Ten strategies for a workable future in the on-demand economy
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Marina GorbisDec 9, 2015
What Coding Coal Miners Prove About the Future of Work

What Coding Coal Miners Prove About the Future of Work

“They’re blue-collar coders. That’s what they’re gonna be. We have to be what we are.” — Rusty Justice, founder of BitSource, a Kentucky…
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Lauren SmileyNov 19, 2015
Peering into the Future: A Conversation with Robin Chase

Peering into the Future: A Conversation with Robin Chase

If you’re thinking about innovation, you’re surely also thinking about business model innovation. Robin Chase, the co-founder of Zipcar…
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Ken GordonNov 11, 2015

Learning from the Luddites

Technology and the Future of Social Policy
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Melonee WiseNov 12, 2015
The 1099 Economy — Elusive, but Diverse and Growing

The 1099 Economy — Elusive, but Diverse and Growing

A U.S. District judge in San Francisco granted class-action status on Sept. 1 to a lawsuit brought by three California Uber drivers. The…
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Tracey GroseSep 23, 2015

Portable Benefits Aren’t Just for On-Demand Companies

Something that needs to be said: portable benefits aren’t just for on-demand companies! While it only became clear to policy makers how out…
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Tim O'ReillyNov 10, 2015
A New Paradigm for the Hourly Workweek

A New Paradigm for the Hourly Workweek

Walmart, Starbucks, the Gap, Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, J. Crew, Urban Outfitters, Abercrombie & Fitch, Whole Foods, Toys R Us…
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Carrie GleasonNov 11, 2015
I’m a Second-Generation Starbucks Barista. And I Want a Fair Workweek.

I’m a Second-Generation Starbucks Barista. And I Want a Fair Workweek.

I remember seeing my mother working closing and opening shifts one after the other. At the time, she was a shift supervisor at Starbucks…
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Darrion SjoquistNov 11, 2015

New software platforms are enabling real-time markets among individual actors.

This is not just good for workers and families. Enabling greater flexibility and adaptability in the economy helps drive innovation and…
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Tracey GroseNov 10, 2015

At Peers, we recently surveyed on-demand workers about issues of work and benefits and found that…

they want a broad spectrum of benefits, but most don’t want to be classified as employees.
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Shelby ClarkNov 10, 2015
How Social Media is Reinventing the Job Search

How Social Media is Reinventing the Job Search

Many are talking about how the very nature of work is changing in today’s connected economy…the race against the machine, the rapid growth…
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Zoë BairdNov 9, 2015

Common ground for independent workers

Principles for delivering a stable and flexible safety net for all types of work
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Portable BenefitsNov 9, 2015
5 Things Every Politico Should Know About the Fight for $15

5 Things Every Politico Should Know About the Fight for $15

Underpaid workers in the “Fight for $15” entered the political arena today when they vowed to take their fight for a $15 an hour and union…
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Yannet LathropNov 10, 2015
The Rise of Emotionally Intelligent Software

The Rise of Emotionally Intelligent Software

Work will be transformed by software designed to augment our empathy.
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Erik LarsonNov 9, 2015
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What’s The Future of Work?
What’s The Future of Work?

How work, business and society face massive, technology-driven change. A conversation growing out of the Next: Economy Summit, curated by Tim O’Reilly, Steven Levy, and Lauren Smiley.

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