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  1. The rise of micro-labour - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Micro-labour isn’t a clever way of describing a recalcitrant colleague’s deficient work practices. And it has nothing to do with nano-technology either. It’s about using the Internet to outsource small tasks to eager workers – sort of like a digital notice-board for odd jobs and errands. It sounds like the perfect way to earn extra income. But could its growing popularity erode working conditions and lead to exploitation?

    Guests:
    Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Co-Founder and Director, Berkman Centre for Internet & Society.
    Jamie Viggiano, Senior Director of Marketing at TaskRabbit.
    Tim Fung, Founder and CEO of Airtasker.
    Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe columnist and blogger.
    Catherine Ruckleshaus, Legal Co-Director, National Employment Law Project, US.

    Further Information:
    Jonathan Zittrain’s profile (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jzittrain) Jonathan Zittrain’s (PDF) paper on ubiquitous human computing (http://iis-db.stanford.edu/evnts/5812/Zittrain_Paper.pdf)
    Scott Kirsner’s article on micro-labour (http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/04/my_life_as_a_micro-laborer_exp.html)
    Taskrabbit (https://www.taskrabbit.com/)
    Airtasker (https://www.airtasker.com/)
    Catherine Ruckleshaus profile (http://www.nelp.org/site/about_us/legal_co_director)

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/the-rise-of-micro-labour/4581550

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  2. Craftwork and Skill - Thinking Allowed with Laurie Taylor (BBC Radio 4)

    Richard Sennett is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.

    Recorded Lectures & Talks

    http://www.richardsennett.com/site/SENN/Templates/General.aspx?pageid=11

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  3. RSA - The RSA President’s Lecture: Why Creativity is the New Economy

    The RSA President’s Lecture: Why Creativity is the New Economy, (10th Sep 2012)

    We are living in a time of "Great Reset" - when economic crisis provides an opportunity to rethink virtually every aspect of our lives - from how and where we live, to how we work, to how we invest in individuals and infrastructure, to how we shape our cities and regions.

    Taking a deeper look at the forces reshaping our economy, and giving us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do - and where we might be headed, Richard Florida shows how these forces, when combined, will spur a fresh era of growth and prosperity, define a new geography of progress, and create surprising opportunities for all of us.

    Using lessons from the last ten years to show how Creative Class theory has grown from a prediction to a prescription for an economy in turmoil, Florida argues the need for a new social compact to put us back on the path to economic growth. Florida’s Creative Compact commits to developing the full human potential and creative capabilities of every person, and suggests a new set of institutional supports to ensure a more robust and sustainable social system around the new world of work.

    Speaker: Dr Richard Florida, director, the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto and NYU; senior editor, The Atlantic and is the author of several influential global best sellers, including the award-winning ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’.

    Introduced by: HRH The Princess Royal, RSA President.

    Chair: Luke Johnson, RSA Chair.

    http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2012/why-creativity-is-the-new-economy

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  4. Cyber vetting and personality - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Rightly or wrongly many corporations and recruitment agencies use social media platforms as a form of employee vetting. The Facebook sites and Twitter posts of potential workers are scoured for indications of anti-social behaviour. But just how effective is social media at predicting personality type? Well, the London-based Online Privacy Foundation has been conducting research into that very question. We discuss their findings with the Foundation’s co-founder Chris Sumner.

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/cyber-vetting-and-personality/4518948

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  5. RSA - Tomorrow’s Work. Why Yesterday’s Expectations Are Ruining Today’s Future

    RSA Keynote 7th Feb 2013; 18:00 (full recording including audience Q&A)

    Technologist and writer Ben Hammersley explores the role of the internet and digital technologies in today’s workplace.

    As social media, mobile devices, constant communication, online sharing, and open collaboration become the norms in the rest of our lives, the traditional workplace is failing to adapt.

    How do our traditional workplace models conflict with our new internet-driven expectations of how we might live and work to our full potential, and how might companies and organisations learn to adapt in the 21st century?

    Speaker: Ben Hammersley, Prime Minister’s Ambassador to TechCity, contributing editor, Wired UK, innovator in residence, Goldsmiths, University of London and author of ‘64 Things You Need to Know Now for Then’.

    Chair: Matthew Taylor, chief executive, RSA.

    http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2013/tomorrows-work.-why-yesterdays-expectations-are-ruining-todays-future

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  6. Starting out in the Big Wide Web by Anna Debenham (talk from Heart and Sole)

    If you’re planning on getting a job with an agency or setting up as a freelancer, this talk will prepare you for doing just that. Anna will guide you through the first few weeks and months of working in the web industry, advise on what qualifications are relevant, and give some tips on how getting established in the industry. She’ll also be covering the boring but essential stuff like taxes, how much to charge, and how to write a contract.

    http://www.archive.org/details/AnnaDebenhamStartingOutInTheBigWideWeb

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  7. Jonah Lehrer: Fostering Creativity And Imagination In The Workplace : NPR

    Companies like 3M allow their employees to have an hour a day to do whatever they want: work on a side project or tinker with a hobby. In doing so, they’re helping their employees become more creative — and increasing their productivity, says science writer Jonah Lehrer in his new book, Imagine.

    http://www.npr.org/2012/03/21/148607182/fostering-creativity-and-imagination-in-the-workplace

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  8. NPR’s Planet Money: When A Dead-End Job Isn’t A Dead End

    "How does a guy whose mom is a heroin addict — a guy who drops out of high school, has a kid, and starts working a minimum-wage job at a fast-food restaurant — climb out of poverty?

    On today’s Planet Money, we hear the answer from Katherine Newman.

    Newman, a sociologist, found 300 people who were working at fast-food restaurants in Harlem in the early ’90s. She followed them for the next eight years and told the story in a book called Chutes and Ladders.

    About a third of the people she followed managed to rise out of poverty during that time. A lot, of course, had to do with individual initiative — taking the civil service exam, landing union jobs, that sort of thing."

    From http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/10/19/130678389/the-tuesday-podcast

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  9. The changing nature of work - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    What impact are new design practices and changing technology having on not just the physical office but also on the way we think about work itself? Is the idea of the individual office a thing of the past? In this program we explore the physical, social and cultural trends affecting the changing nature of the office and the way we work in the 21st century.

    Guests
    Kim Haywood- Matty, Director at Haywood-Matty and former head of culture and capability at Macquarie Bank.
    Dr Melissa Gregg, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney. Author of ‘Work’s Intimacy’.
    Philip Ross, CEO of Unwork.com.
    Dr Michael O’Neill, Senior Director Workplace Research, Knoll.

    Further Information
    Photos of the Future Tense office (http://blogs.radionational.net.au/futuretense/?p=1473)
    RN By Design Segment on Melbourne Brain Centre design (http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bydesign/in-the-field---melbourne-brain-centre/3937712)
    RN By Design segment on Sydney’s BVN office design (http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bydesign/in-the-field-with-james-grose/3796398)
    Unwork Website (http://unwork.com/)
    Melissa Gregg’s profile (http://sydney.edu.au/arts/gender_cultural_studies/staff/profiles/mgregg.shtml)
    Melissa Gregg’s blog (http://homecookedtheory.com/)
    Knoll Research (http://www.knoll.com/research/index.jsp)

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/the-changing-nature-of-work/3955052

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  10. Background Briefing - 6 November 2011 - Qantas and the ghost of Workchoices

    Qantas has opened a new industrial relations battlefront. The Labor government’s Fair Work laws are being put to the test but there are bigger political implications for the Opposition, which is split over whether to re-embrace Workchoices, the IR policy that many believe brought an end to the Howard government.

    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2011/3353325.htm

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