Work and employment Archives

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All clapped out? Key workers living through lockdown

31 Aug 2020

Key workers have kept the country going during the pandemic, but some are facing the worst of the economic turmoil created by it.

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A blueprint for good work

9 Jun 2020

This report sets out eight ideas to form the basis for a new social contract for good work.

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Can good work solve the productivity puzzle? Collected essays

16 Jan 2020

Produced with Carnegie UK Trust, this essay collection explores in depth the relationship between productivity and work quality.

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The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

22 Mar 2019

Four Futures of Work, from the RSA Future Work Centre, argues that policy-makers should focus more on how automation will transform all work, not just lead to job losses.

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Realising Basic Income experiments in the UK

2 Aug 2018

Charlie Young explores how we can test a Universal Basic Income in the UK and other contexts.

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Pathways to Universal Basic Income: the case for a Universal Basic Opportunity Fund

16 Feb 2018

The UBOF represents a stepping stone – to be enacted now – towards Universal Basic Income and a better way of enabling citizens to live meaningful and contributory lives.

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Simon Sinek on Intensity vs Consistency

11 Oct 2017

Why do workplaces always go for quick wins and flashy paint jobs over steady, consistent change? Watch this witty extract from Simon Sinek’s acclaimed RSA talk on organisational culture.

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Simon Sinek on Millennials

28 Feb 2017

Sensational leadership guru Simon Sinek argues the case for the much-maligned millennial generation, and suggests ways we can harness their unique abilities for the common good.

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David Graeber on the Value of Work

11 Oct 2016

In this short animation David Graeber investigates the philosophical underpinnings of employment, and calls for a reformulation of what work should be.

All clapped out? Key workers living through lockdown

A blueprint for good work

Can good work solve the productivity puzzle? Collected essays

The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

Realising Basic Income experiments in the UK

Pathways to Universal Basic Income: the case for a Universal Basic Opportunity Fund

Simon Sinek on Intensity vs Consistency

The age of automation

Simon Sinek on Millennials

David Graeber on the Value of Work

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