Flexibility Versus Work-Life Balance

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The workforce of the future would have been purpose and flexibility. Flexibility says, no, let me determine, all right, I've got to take these days off or I am going to work in this kind of way when I have to. And that's probably a lot more levers than just work-life balance,.

Hard challenges demand that we embrace tension. Former CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty argues that, right now, business has a responsibility to deploy what her new book calls Good Power — from putting skills first in hiring, as a way to close systemic opportunity gaps, to thoughtfully erecting guardrails around new technology. As an early pioneer in the AI space with IBM’s Watson, Ginni acknowledges the risk that disruptive technology can have on society. She offers her insider perspective on balancing what she calls “the teeter-totter” of marketplace demands with positive long-term impact.

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