The Future of Work

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane Mulcahy is an advisor to both Fortune 500 companies and startups, is a regular contributor to Forbes and is the author of the bestselling book “The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diane was early to the party: When she started teaching MBA students a course on these ideas, some people thought she was talking about Computer Memory. But what made me really want to talk to her was how she decided to go deeper into the topic via teaching - one of the most powerful ways to learn anything! I was also eager to learn more about how she helps organizations work with these trends, rather than against them - I wanted to learn about her approach as a coach and advisor. And you can see, her secret is slowing down conversations.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The future of work is more than gigs on Lyft and Uber or Taskrabbit. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbara Soalheiro, of the consultancy Mesa,</span> <a href= "http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/season-three/mesa-method"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in our conversation on the podcast back in season three</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">posited that the best and the brightest wouldn’t want a full time job in the future...which is why she’s designed her innovation sprints to be one week - to help brands bring the best brains in for short sprints.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is why Diane finds tremendous opportunities to coach and advise organizations to adapt to and survive this transition in what people want from work.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Traditional orgs need to put significant effort into shifting their cultures on:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Trust in Management</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Facetime isn’t the same as work (ie, Clock and Chair M