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Work X.0

A long-form exploration of how AI, technological inflection points, and civilisational shifts are rewriting the meaning of work, careers, leadership, and organisations.

AI as Cognitive Leverage: Are We Outsourcing Thinking at Scale?

01-Apr-2026

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For the first time in history, we’re not just outsourcing labour. We’re outsourcing thinking itself. And the question isn’t whether AI is powerful. It’s whether we’re using it to think better or to av...

The Great Unbundling: When Jobs Break into Tasks in the AI Era

27-Mar-2026

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In today’s rapidly evolving future of work, the traditional job is no longer the primary unit of value. Increasingly, we are seeing the unbundling of work, where jobs are breaking into tasks, workflow...

From Career X.0 to Work X.0: Why Careers Broke Before Work Did

19-Mar-2026

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As we explore in Work X.0 , the idea of a career rested on a simple premise: that progress would be linear, predictable, and largely controllable. One would choose a field, enter at the bottom, accumu...

Inflection Points: How Inventions Compressed Years of Work

11-Mar-2026

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As we explored in part 1 of Work X.0, work persists not merely because of economic necessity, but because it fulfils deeper psychological and social functions. Even as technology has dramatically incr...

Why Humans Work: The Civilisational Constant Behind Every Job

03-Mar-2026

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In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that by the end of the century, technological progress would reduce the workweek to roughly 15 hours. Productivity would soar. Material needs would be met. Leisu...