Today, we look at the changing workplace. Are we looking at a future of telecommuting, skyping and emailing from home? Will employers increasingly move the workplace to the home?
Or will offices become more like those of Google and Facebook — with free food, games, and quirky decorations — all of which might encourage you to spend just a little more time at work?
A panel of experts joins us to take a peek at the future. We’ll explore the kinds of labor increasingly being rewarded and accommodated and who will have trouble making it in the new workplace.
Guests:
Wendy Murphy, assistant professor of management, Babson College
Fred Foulkes, professor, Boston University School of Management; and faculty director, Human Resources Policy Institute.
David Sanford, executive vice president of client relations, Winter, Wyman
The Gig Economy
We all know that musicians, models, and actors often have lives filled with unpredictable, one-time gigs. But what if, along with hip-hop bands, wedding photographers, and freelance writers, we’re all being enveloped by the gig economy?
WGBH reporter and host Ibby Caputo introduces us to a scrap-hauling, satire-writing nanny; and a world where cobbling together jobs isn’t unusual.
Guests:
Ibby Caputo, reporter, WGBH
