MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future has been providing perspectives, responding to media inquiries, and participating in virtual events to share viewpoints on the economy, government response, worker voice, and technological advancements.
MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future has been providing perspectives, responding to media inquiries, and participating in virtual events to share viewpoints on the economy, government response, worker voice, and technological advancements.
Virtual
Event DetailsElisabeth Reynolds, Executive Director, MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, MIT, in conversation with The Hill’s Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons.
The briefing includes presentations and Q&A on recent Task Force papers on declining job opportunities in cities, the need to strengthen worker voice, the prospects for autonomous vehicles, and the impact of automation on the trucking and warehousing industries.
Kresge Auditorium
Event DetailsExplore how we can create a future of work that complements and augments human potential while contributing to shared economic prosperity.
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Event DetailsOren Cass will talk about his book The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America, in conversation with Prof. David Autor, co-chair of the MIT Work of the Future Task Force. Cass, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, challenges some basic assumptions about what prosperity means and where it
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Event DetailsJournalist Ellen Ruppel Shell will discuss her book The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change, in conversation with Professor David Mindell (co-chair, MIT Work of the Future Task Force and founder & CEO of Humatics). From Amazon.com description: “Through exhaustive reporting and keen analysis, The Job reveals the startling truths
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Event DetailsIn the first event in the Work of the Future Book Series, anthropologist Mary Gray will talk about her book Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass. In Ghost Work, Gray and co-author Siddharth Suri examine how services delivered by major companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks
MIT Media Lab
Event DetailsHow will business leaders navigate rapid change brought about by technology? Come to this two-day future of work conference to learn from the experts.
MIT Media Lab
Event DetailsKeynote presentation by David Autor. (This conference is open to IDE Members and stakeholders only.)
EdX Online Course
Event DetailsIn this free online course, explore ways to improve job opportunities and develop a personal plan for lifelong career success.
MIT SOLVE
Event DetailsThe event highlights 30+ tech innovators selected from 1150 applicants as Solver teams, each proposing a solution to the world’s most pressing problems, including Work of the Future.