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We are pleased to present a selection of our work from the past month. If a colleague forwarded this email to you, consider subscribing to our mailing list or connecting on social media.
Videos
A New Year’s Resolution to Reject Over Work — A Book Talk with Brigid Schulte
- The Consequences of Living in an Over Work Culture
- The Real Cost of Over Work and How to Fix It
- How Shorter Work Hours Benefit Workers and Families
Podcasts
Commentary
- Upcoming Events Newsletter — January 2025
- Announcing the 2025 Workforce Leadership Academies by Maureen Conway
- Beyond Automation Anxiety: Shifting the Narrative from Technological Fears to Worker Power by Michelle Miller, writing for the Future of Work Initiative
- Job Quality Newsletter — 2024 Highlights by Matt Helmer
- U.S. Workers Are Falling Behind. Can They Catch Up? by Chelsea Miller, UpSkill America, writing for Working Nation
- Building Skills for Long Term Growth by Chris Trout, UpSkill America
- Resource Roundup — So, Who Is Today’s Working Class? by Maxwell Johnson
In the News
- Cites the appointment of EOP Managing Director Matt Helmer as a fellow of the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.
Measuring The Connection Between Worker Voice and Job Quality by Martha Mangelsdorf, MIT Sloan
- Cites our definition of good jobs.
Survey with American employees reveals ‘workers want a say in their work’ by Julie Greco, Phys.org
- Cites our definition of good jobs.
2025 Southern Arizona Workforce Leadership Academy Fellows Named, Center for the Future of Arizona
- Announces the fellows selected for the Southern Arizona Workforce Leadership Academy.
PR giant Edelman sounds alarm over ‘descent into grievance’ in Davos – but whose fault is that? by Adam Lowenstein, The Guardian
- Cites remarks from Liba Wenig Rubenstein, director of the Aspen Business Roundtable on Organized Labor.
Upcoming Events
Feb 26: Re-Entry and Good Jobs: Building the Second Chances We All Believe In
April 9-10, 2025: Employee Ownership Ideas Forum, hosted in partnership with the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. Registration will open soon. Join our mailing list for updates on this event, and more insightful conversations, coming soon.