Shaping the Future of Work : A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract

This book provides a clear roadmap for the roles workers and leaders in business, labor, education, and government must play in building a new social contract for all to prosper.It is a call to action for a collaborative effort to develop both high-quality jobs and strong, successful businesses while simultaneously overcoming the deep social and economic divisions that are all too apparent in society today.Written by two leading and trusted experts in the field of employment and work from MIT and Cornell University, this book is a practical, action-oriented guide.Readers will feel empowered to take actions needed to shape a better future of work for themselves, their employees, their co-workers, and others they may represent.It emphasizes the need to fix America's broken social contract and reimagine a new one.The most important message of this book is that we have the ability to shape the work of the future by harnessing the power of new technologies.The book is essential reading for