A review by Tom Harrison.
The Future of Work, sequel to The History of Work by the same author, former FT journalist Richard Donkin, is about the changing face of work in the 21st century.
Donkin believes we are currently undergoing a revolution in the pattern of work every bit as profound as the changes brought by the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. He puts this down to a number of factors including globalisation, demographics, commoditisation, women’s role in the workplace and, perhaps most importantly, the advent of computer technologies. According to Donkin, the combination of these influences will soon see our current patterns of working become largely untenable.
