The Work We Need

Pushing us to rethink our most basic assumptions . . . Full of empathy, insight and courage . . . Cottam is the humane revolutionary our turbulent century needs - and this book our roadmap to a better future -- Jonathan Freedland, author of THE ESCAPE ARTIST Brimming with ideas to transform the future, Hilary Cottam takes us on a fascinating journey to discover how to make work work -- Kate Raworth, author of DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS An act of racial hope, radical listening and radical humility - Hilary Cottam challenges our most fundamental assumptions about our lives and society and most importantly, suggests how we can make things much better. I loved it -- Rory Stewart Urgent, compelling and ultimately hopeful . . . Cottam demonstrates that a better future, based on reciprocity and mutual collaboration, is not only possible but its seeds are already here. Necessary and Inspiring -- Caroline Lucas Exposes what motivates workers today - not the things most business leaders think - and shows how new thinking would benefit us all. Compelling -- Martha Lane Fox Integrates life as imagined by workers themselves with a keen understanding of technological and economic change. An engrossing blueprint for change -- Anne-Marie Slaughter One of the deepest thinkers on this subject -- Colin Mayor, author of CAPITALISM AND CRISES Twenty-first century people cannot give their best if tied down to twentieth-century patterns of work. Hilary Cottam provides the roadmap for the required transformation. Timely . . . guides the changes needed -- Carlota Perez