How the Future Works

<p><b>Unlock the power of flexible work with this practical &ldquo;how-to&rdquo; guide from the leadership of Slack and Future Forum </b> <p>The way we work has changed. The era of toiling from nine-to-five, five-days-a-week in the office is now a relic of the past, and is being replaced by a better way&mdash;flexible work. But flexibility means a lot more than a day or two a week to &ldquo;work from home&rdquo;: 93% of your employees want more flexibility in <i>when</i>, not just <i>where</i>, they work. They want choice and they are leaving their roles to find it. The most successful leaders will go much further than offering occasional remote workdays&mdash;they will redesign every aspect of how work gets done, from defining how they measure organizational success to training their managers to make it happen. <p><i>How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do The Best Work of Their Lives </i>offers a blueprint for using flexible work to unlock the potential of your people. The book offers the steps necessary to building the new principles and guardrails to empower flexible, high-performing teams. And it teaches readers to lead with purpose, to manage and measure differently, and to believe that by letting go, they&rsquo;ll get more back than they thought possible. <p> <i>How the Future Works </i>explains how to: <ul> <li>Establish leadership principles, commitments, and outcomes for truly flexible teamwork</li> <li> Measure and assess productivity in a flexible workplace</li> <li>Reskill managers to ensure a level playing field for all employees</li> <li>Implement the infrastructure necessary to make flexible work successful</li> </ul> <p>Using original research from Future Forum, a consortium by Slack, and global case studies from leading companies such as Levi Strauss &amp; Co., Genentech, Royal Bank of Canada, and IBM, <i>How the Future Works</i> offers concrete solutions and practical steps for building high functioning teams of talented, engaged people by providing them with the flexibility and choice they need to do their best work.