The Evolving Future of Work
What makes for a decent job in the 21st century? In recent years, topics such as Artificial Intelligence, automation, and the Gig Economy frequently featured in discussions of the future of work, first as technological innovations, and then, increasingly, as potential disruptions to livelihoods and the social fabric writ large. And all of that was before the arrival of COVID-19. Do the further disruptions unleashed by the pandemic mean that the future of work is no longer what it once was?
To answer that question, we spoke with
Siddhartha Saxena, Assistant Professor at India’s Ahmedabad University. Saxena was recognized by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program with an Ideas Worth Teaching Award
A Policy Foundation to Revive Worker Voice
Worker voice is resurgent in the American economy, but workers have a lot to overcome. For at least four decades, public policy has steadily undermined the ability of workers to weigh in on issues affecting them in the workplace. In the current moment of reckoning about how we value the essential work in our economy, the stark racial economic gaps across the country and deep political divisions, worker voice is a critical tool for sharing prosperity, invigorating productivity, correcting injustice and healing divides.
In September 2020, The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program invited 20 experts in corporate governance, labor law, finance, racial justice and worker advocacy to identify key leverage points for enhancing worker voice for the 21st century economy. Through a series of roundtables, the group identified a range of levers in public policy, corporate governance and management practices that could have meaningful impact on th
The Next Move: Ensuring Fair Pay from the Front Line to the Executive Suite
As the pandemic continues to strain the economy, disproportionate effects are being borne by front line and contract workers, as well as workers of color. A variety of efforts are underway by business leaders to try to close these gaps: financial security audits, hazard pay, efforts to align compensation methodology at all levels of the organization. But questions remain about which actions are most appropriate and how to implement them effectively.
Join us for a webinar with
Don Lowman, Senior Partner and Global Leader – Rewards and Benefits, Korn Ferry
Predictions for Business & Society in 2021
Will the turning of the calendar mean the turning of a page on the crises of 2020? This question is surely top of mind as 2020 nears its end. Yet, it’s a question complicated by the fact that, while 2020 will be remembered as the year of COVID-19, the pandemic revealed an array of other, longer-standing issues: economic inequality, systemic racism, stresses on democracy, and the rising threat of climate change.
Sometimes with changes in words, and sometimes with changes in action, in 2020 the business world signaled that it had a part to play in meeting these challenges. To determine what will truly outlast this year and whether it might really lead to a better world we asked leaders in social impact, business, and academia: