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Redesigning Work

Redesigning Work

How to Transform Your Organisation and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone

Summary

We are experiencing the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century. So, how do we make the most of this unique opportunity and radically redesign the way we work - forever?

Professor Lynda Gratton is the global thought-leader on the future of work. Based on thirty years of research into the technological, demographic, cultural and societal trends that are shaping work, and building on what we learnt through our experiences of the global pandemic, Lynda Gratton presents her innovative four step framework for redesigning work that will help you:

Understand the challenges your business is facing
Reimagine creative, new approaches and processes
Model and Test these within your organisation
Act and Create based on contemporary, data-led feedback

Whether you're working in a small team or running a multinational, this is the time to make lasting change and equip your business for the future. Redesigning Work is the definitive book on how to transform your organisation and make hybrid working work for you. It will help your team embrace change, increase productivity and thrive in our new, more flexible working world.

Reviews

  • An intelligent, deeply thoughtful book that will walk you through the choices that will be critical to your people's future happiness and well-being, and by extension, to your organization's performance.
    Rita McGrath

About the author

Lynda Gratton

Lynda Gratton is one of the foremost global thought-leaders on the future of work, named by 'Business Thinkers 50' as one of the top 15 business thinkers and described as a 'rock star' teacher. Lynda is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School where she received the 'teacher of the year' award and designed and directs 'the future of work' elective, one of the school's most popular electives. Her research on hybrid work was featured as the cover article for Harvard Business Review in May 2021 and she explores issues of work in her MIT Sloan column. Over a decade ago Lynda founded HSM-Advisory which has supported more than 90 companies around the world to future proof their business strategy. Her ten books, including The 100-Year Life, have sold over a million copies and been translated into more than 15 languages. Lynda serves as a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and co-chairs the WEF Council on Work, Wages and Job Creation. Lynda has sat on the advisory board of Japan Prime Minister Abe and serves on the advisory board of a number of global companies.
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