"The wealth of concrete steps and research to back them up, plus some punchy writing, make this shine. In a sea of surveys on the future of work, this practical guide stands out."--Publishers Weekly
Foreword by Stewart ButterfieldIntroduction: The 9-to-5 Just Doesn't Work for Us Anymore (and Maybe Never Did)Why Flexible Work WorksHow the Future Works: The 7 Steps to Getting ThereStep 1: Stand for Something: Agree on Purpose and PrinciplesStep 2: Level the Playing Field: Create Guardrails for BehaviorStep 3: Commit to How You'll Work: Develop Team-Level AgreementsStep 4: Experiment, Experiment, Experiment: Normalize a Culture of LearningStep 5: Create a Culture of Connection from Anywhere: Reimagine Your HeadquartersStep 6: Train Your Leaders to Make It Work: Soft Skills Matter More Than EverStep 7: Focus on the Outcomes: Avoid the Doom Loop and Embrace the Boom LoopConclusionResources: Your Flexible Work ToolkitAcknowledgmentsCast of ExpertsAbout the Authors
BRIAN ELLIOTT is Executive Leader of Future Forum, a consortium backed by Slack and founding partners Boston Consulting Group, MillerKnoll, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow. Future Forum enables leaders to redesign work to be better for people and organizations. He has spent three decades leading teams and building companies as a startup CEO, at Google, and now at Slack where he is a Senior VP. Brian's a proud father of two young men.SHEELA SUBRAMANIAN is Vice President and co-founder of Future Forum. She has 20 years of experience building high-growth global teams across Google, Slack, and startup organizations. As a champion for workplace equity, her work is cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fast Company, and other top-tier publications. Sheela earned her BA from Stanford and MBA from Harvard Business School and is the mother to two magical daughters.HELEN KUPP is a co-founder and Senior Director of Future Forum. She has led many of Slack's largest cross-functional and growth initiatives, and is the creator of many of Future Forum's playbooks, tapping Future Forum's research and networks along with her experiences at Slack, Bain & Company, startups, and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She's also the lucky mom of two wonderful children.