In this new report, Microsoft and The School of Life explore: “It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
For the first time, The School of Life have applied their unique thinking on emotional skills and human dynamics to the changing world of work.ĭrawing on life lessons from unexpected places – including War and Peace, Charles Darwin and the philosopher Socrates – The School of Life examine the trends transforming the workplace as only they can: That’s why Microsoft has partnered with The School of Life, a global organisation dedicated to developing emotional intelligence, to create an all new kind of whitepaper.
These questions are on the mind of every business leader. How do you equip your team for this new culture of work? Are your teams inspired to be creative? Do they feel connected to your organisation’s mission, even when working remotely as nearly half of all workers soon will? How do you ensure productivity doesn’t boil over into stress and burnout? The School of Life How we create, collaborate, interact and communicate have all changed beyond recognition – not just over the past 50 years, but the last five.įor leaders, this creates new challenges. Today, we network on LinkedIn while on the train, collaborate on presentations with colleagues on the other side of the world, meet friends for lunch between office meetings – then order dinner on an app while on a Teams call. The old boundaries between work and life are collapsing.