Strategy

Future of Work


Description
Become an informed leader in navigating the future of work and prepare your organization and teams for the challenges and opportunities of the rapidly changing business landscape with this overview course.

Navigate the Future of Work and gain the skills and knowledge needed to lead your organization through the challenges and opportunities of demographic and generational shifts, automation, robotics, machine learning, and data science. In this course, you'll learn how to transform your organization and HR activities to stay ahead of the curve and prepare for the future of work. Don't miss this opportunity to become a successful agent for change in your organization – sign up today!

Ravin Jesuthasan
Instructor, Caltech CTME

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Understand the challenges and opportunities of the future of work and how they impact organizations and the HR function.

  • Adapt the specific skills and techniques needed to transform business and HR activities to be ready for the future of business and technology.

  • Develop the ability to lead and navigate the future of work at your organization.


This is a four-hour, non-technical overview of key topics and their application in a business environment for the purpose of building familiarity and early subject literacy. Combine this course with others to comprehensively understand broad technological change affecting most industries. Each chapter takes about 20 minutes and ends with a two-question learning check focusing on topic recall and retention.

This short course is ideal for most business function personnel across the enterprise, including products and services, accounting, sales and marketing, operations, and supporting roles.

Content
  • Basics
  • Welcome!
  • Introduction
  • Course Outline
  • Summary Deck
  • Chapter 1: The Evolution of Work
  • The Evolution of Work
  • Chapter 1: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 2: Work Deconstruction as a Core Capability
  • Work Deconstruction as a Core Capability
  • Chapter 2: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 3: Achieving the Optimal Combinations of Humans and Automation
  • Achieving the Optimal Combinations of Humans and Automation
  • Chapter 3: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 4: Redeploying Work to Alternative Options Beyond Employment
  • Redeploying Work to Alternative Options Beyond Employment
  • Chapter 4: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 5: Connecting Talent to Work
  • Connecting Talent to Work
  • Chapter 5: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 6: Managing and Leading in the New World of Work
  • Managing and Leading in the New World of Work
  • Chapter 6: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 7: From Jobs to Skills as the Currency of Work
  • From Jobs to Skills as the Currency of Work
  • Chapter 7: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 8: Sustaining the New Work Operating System
  • Sustaining the New Work Operating System
  • Chapter 8: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 9: Getting Started
  • Getting Started
  • Chapter 9: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Course Completion
  • Course Completion Quiz
  • Course Feedback
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed