Gist Founder T.A. McCann on the Future of Work [video]

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“The line between when am I working, and when am I playing, and when am I socializing? That’s all gone.”

We think a lot about the future of work here at Gist and our focus on the new workstyle has been driven by founder T.A. McCann’s passion for the subject. To help spread the word and drive the conversation further, we’ve put together this short video of T.A. sharing his thoughts on the future of work.

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Anonymous

Yes! T.A. is a huge inspiration. He inspired me to quit my day job after filming this interview. It’s been a pleasure working with him and the Gist team.
Anonymous

Looks good. I have to say though, that for someone who is promoting the idea of great relationships, insisting on calling himself ‘TA’ seems a bit strange. It puts up a wall for me that says ‘my name? – none of your business.’

Pity.

So come on, Terry Andrew, Thomas Archibald, Thoroughly Android, Too Aloof, Thor Akabusi or who ever you are – what gives with the mystery identity?

Anonymous

for those that care, it is Thomas Arthur.

Anonymous

Ah, that’s SO much better. Never doubt that we all care!
:0)

JimmyJ

Maybe the future of names is just initials.
Fortunato

“Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. At TEDxSydney, Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity — and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen”.TA you build the tools…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpIKXLLYYM

Brianphoto

Cristian – I’m glad you think that because we will always need people to work those jobs we don’t like. I like sitting in my home studio with my wife working, playing, doing whatever the hell I want. To that I’d like to flip my middle finger at Wal Mart and the rest of the big nasty corporations that are skimming the dough so much that there is a huge imbalance. People are waking up, finally things are beginning to change, this is just the start

Cristian

I find this as a sad work future because it seems that you will be working all the time, even in small amounts(a few hours here and there) and you will always have work on your mind. With work also come responsibilities and company rules. A mix work schedule means that the you will always have to obey the rules and always have on your mind all the work responsibilities. I think work and private life should be separated and not always mixing.
When working in a creative field you definitely need to disconnect, and to live in different environments to recharge your imagination.
I sincerely hope this is not the future… or I will move to Europe
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