Gregory Hutchins

Working It Disruption Rules Gregory Hutchins

Working it: Disruption Rules COVID Edition is a self-help book for readers who fear and maybe hate the Future of Work. Why? Every day we see these warning signs: + 1/3 of the workforce will transfer to new occupations over the next 5 years (Goldman Sachs). + Sixty-five percent of children now entering school will hold jobs that currently don't exist (WEF).+ 1/3 of all graduates are underemployed (Milken Institute).+ More than 50% of workers want new work/career/job (Linkedin). COVID hit the globe in January 2020 and has been a Future of Work shifter. The world took a deep breath. No one expected it. The world was not prepared. Working It: Disruption Rules COVID Edition looks at the world of work post COVID. New rules of work. New work boundaries. New technologies and tools. New work expectations. Working It: Disruption Rules describes why we are all VUCANs - people who live and work in VUCA time, specifically Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. The world collectively struggled with COVID consequences since it was indiscriminate, extremely contagious, and deadly. Little did we anticipate that COVID, the global virus, would be the prime mover of disruption causing Future of Work paradigm shifts. Governments did not anticipate COVID velocity and ferocity. Markets were paralyzed. Global economy wasn't ready because it had been expanding for over 12 years. Globalization and free-trade were contracting. Companies with business continuity plans never expected or planned for a global pandemic. Workers weren't prepared with little savings. COVID is now reshaping FOW in unexpected ways. Some futurists now say the basic understandings and assumptions that underpin all work have changed. Some of these fundamental societal changes include the role of government, individual freedoms, open borders, access to services, equality, justice, and globalization.