Future Career

Making Futures brings together 18 young entrepreneurs from 14 countries doing incredible work across the continent. Their stories are both inspirational and aspirational, providing a template for listeners who might be interested in embarking on their own entrepreneurial journey, and allowing others to see the incredible energy and work that is happening across the continent.

This book is framed around two questions: "What creates new futures?" and "How can you and your team or your family co-create the best possible future?" The author has had the privilege of teaching in countries all over the world and helping senior executive teams re-gear and reinvigorate some of the most admired companies in business today.

Every day, legacy business models and traditional best practices are transforming around us, driven by technologies like AI, blockchain, 5G, and quantum computing that are radically altering our future vision. As a leader and innovator, you’re facing an accelerating pace of change that makes it more difficult than ever to navigate the murky future ahead. You need to cut through the noise and hype, but without a playbook to guide you, it’s difficult to know where to start.

In 2015, when Mohammad Alardhi became the executive chairman of Investcorp, a leading global manager of alternative investments, he arrived with a transformative mindset that would set the company on a path to unprecedented growth. Within three years of Alardhi taking control of the company, their wealth management grew from $10B to $25B, and three years after that, it had grown to a remarkable $42B. After seven years under Alardhi’s leadership, Investcorp was managing an astounding $50B in wealth. Alardhi speaks candidly about the big thinking needed to succeed at such a large scale.

Find out how to see into your own blind spots, ruthlessly understand yourself and your decisions, and lay the foundation for tomorrow's successes today with Future-Proofing Your Business.

Made in Future is a groundbreaking new book that seeks to recast marketing from a white sheet, with an incisive view of how vast changes in media, content, influences and people's expectations have come together to write a new story of marketing. The book challenges a lot of the accepted wisdom of the past, yet is brutal where the hype is ahead of substance. In the process, it offers an alternative journey that is conceptually whole, makes you think and helps you follow it all up with pragmatic decisions.

The complete guide that will provide you with proven tips and tricks to help you make even more money in your dropshipping venture, this book will teach you advanced dropshipping strategies, the best niche marketing strategies, how to get the best deal from suppliers, how to pick the right channels to sell, the importance of competing with other companies, and much more.

Quickly find an in-the-moment solution! Now more than ever, states are mandating that children with special needs be included in the general education classroom. As a result, all educational professionals, from teachers to administrators, need specific training on how to handle unusual behaviors.

If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we’re paying a steep price: we’re working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting. With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to mean in our time. He demonstrates that although we have more choices as consumers, and investors, the choices themselves are undermining the rest of our lives.

Renowned technology and economics forecaster Mark Anderson reveals hidden patterns beneath the art and science of predicting the future. Through a series of personal vignettes, Anderson exposes a complex web of causes, influences, and effects that propel today’s world, then describes strategies that he employs to lay bare new trends, to make new discoveries in a wide variety of disciplines, and to accurately foresee future events.

The way we currently do business is undermining the environment, our mental health, and our future as a species. Gadfly has a dream: to change the world, together. We have worked as board-level advisors to some of the biggest companies in the world, and are offering our experience of leading large scale change, so that you can create change in your own spheres of influence.

Many think the future of work is about better technology. In Work Smart: Use Your Brain and Behavior to Master the Future of Work, Dr. Jennie Byrne will convince you that the future of work is about being a better human. You will learn a little science about how human brains and behavior work, and you will learn a lot about how the workplace can be better.

Many employees want to continue that normal and keep working remotely, and most at least want the ability to work occasionally from home. But for employers, the benefits of employees working from home or hybrid approaches are not so obvious. What should both groups do? In a prescient new book, The Future of the Office, Wharton professor Peter Cappelli lays out the facts in an effort to provide both employees and employers with a vision of their futures. Cappelli unveils the surprising tradeoffs both may have to accept to get what they want.

Based on decades of expertise in envisioning and articulating policy options, Paul Laudicina lays out four vastly different visions for America's future. In Roadmap to a Brighter Future, he outlines why the best version of America will only come about if the correct actions are taken now - and outlines the 10 steps needed to decisively tackle our most pervasive problems and address critical priorities.

Ob Remote Work, hybride Führung oder Agilität – die Arbeitswelt verändert sich in immer schnelleren Schritten. Automatisierung und Digitalisierung haben einen hohen Einfluss darauf, welche Berufe in Zukunft überhaupt noch bestehen werden. Umgekehrt werden wir schon in wenigen Jahren in Jobs arbeiten, die wir heute noch nicht einmal kennen. McKinsey geht davon aus, dass bis zum Jahr 2030 rund 6 Millionen Menschen eine andere Beschäftigung suchen werden. Der Shift hat den Arbeitsmarkt voll erfasst.

Extraordinary Outcomes presents an innovative approach to thinking and planning, giving leaders a playbook for dealing with uncertainty. Written by internationally recognized authorities on problem solving and creativity in organizations, this audiobook provides an alternative outlook on business strategy and people management for leaders navigating uncertain waters, where the future is anything but guaranteed.

In Freedom Street, financial advisor and CEO Scott Danner shares lessons learned and insights gained from nearly two decades of managing assets, purchasing financial practices, and creating succession plans to ensure a future that is both prosperous and rewarding. He knows what it takes to effectively balance your goals to serve your clients, make an impact in your community, and make your next chapter count. Learn what Scott did to create a rich life now, live his legacy today, and own the future of his dreams.

In an era where global challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and ethical governance demand immediate attention, the role of a leader transcends traditional boundaries. "Purpose at the Helm: Mastering ESG Leadership for the Future" is not just a book; it's a call to action for leaders ready to steer their organizations towards a future where success is measured not just by financial gain, but by positive impact on the world. This pioneering guide merges the critical elements of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) with the core principles of purpose-driven leadership.

In The Changing Face of the Workplace, the editors of Fast Company examine how work and the workplace will be forever changed by the pandemic. Through engaging interviews with business thought leaders, CEOs, technologists, workplace experts, and human behavior researchers, listeners learn how societal and demographic shifts - and the evolving relationship between companies and employees - are shaping the workforce.

Um ein Land zukunftsfähig zu machen, braucht es vor allem eines: kreative Köpfe, die über das Morgen hinausdenken. Darum haben die Herausgeberinnen und Herausgeber 80 herausragende Persönlichkeiten zusammengebracht, die unsere Zukunft mit ihren Ideen entscheidend prägen werden. Das Hörbuch ist ein Feuerwerk an Zukunftsvisionen, persönlichen Einschätzungen und Wegweisern für die sechs Kategorien Bildung, Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Gesundheit, Politik und Gesellschaft. Die Autorinnen und Autoren (in alphabetischer Reihenfolge).