Discovering the Human Future of Work — Virtual Event Notes & an invitation to join in the fun

Rita McGrath
5 min readJul 2, 2024

Speculating about what’s next for the workplace has become quite the hobby. Will it be place-bound or not? Will AI take jobs or create new ones? How can we scale systems but retain our humanity? With the support of Emeritus, the team at Valize is partnering with subject matter experts and leading Human Resources professionals to consider these questions and many more.

Key Highlights:

1. Framing the Challenge

We’re at an inflection point in organizational design, as Curt Carlson might argue. There’s a clear shift away from traditional hierarchical bureaucracies towards more “permissionless” organizational structures, even as entire sectors of our economy are being driven to relentless efficiency by soulless algorithms. Our challenge is to explore new organizational models that balance necessary structure with the possibilities offered by emerging technologies and management approaches. People have been talking about flexible work, employee empowerment and flattening hierarchies forever but now we see real situations in which these principles can be implemented at scale.

2. Inspired by expert insights from colleagues

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Rita McGrath

Columbia Business School Professor. Thinkers50 top 10 & #1 in strategy. Bestselling author of The End of Competitive Advantage & Seeing Around Corners.