Office Shock: The Spectrum of Belonging

WHAT IF WE IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE ROBUST DIVERSITY WAS EXPECTED AND REWARDED?
Imagine a world in which robust diversity is expected and rewarded. Traditional diversity programs sought to bring “others” into an established order. Future diversity programs for offices and officing will create a culture of belonging for all varieties of difference. Those who win in this world will be those who can present themselves as having fluid identities that engage positively with differences. Moving among cultures and styles will be a crucial everyday skill in this ever-changing world of mixing and matching. The most successful people will be mindfully aware of their roots and the routes they have pursued to get to where they are.

In their book, "Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living," Bob Johansen and co-authors Joseph Press and Christine Bullen, will show you how to think future back — asking the questions:
What future do we envision?
What changes are coming next?
What shall we do now, to prepare ourself for unprecedented futures?
COVID-19, with all its tragic consequences, also created an opportunity to ask this basic question: why do we work in offices at all?

Office Shock, published by Berrett-Koehler in 2023, prepares leaders to answer these questions, and more. It identifies the spectrums of choices that must be made in the present to make a better office, and a better future. It will also educate readers on how to think about the future back — forecasting futures, revealing insights, and aligning actions — to re-imagine where and how “office work” can and should be done.

Find out more at www.officeshock.org

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