Designing Your New Work Life

<p><b>Bill Burnett (Author) </b><br><b>Bill Burnett </b>is the Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford. He got his BS and MS in Product Design at Stanford and has worked professionally on a wide variety of projects ranging from award-winning Apple PowerBooks to the original <i>Star Wars</i> action figures. He holds a number of mechanical and design patents and design awards for a variety of products including the first 'slate' computer.<br><br><b>Dave Evans (Author) </b><br><b>Dave Evans</b> is the Co-Founder of the Stanford Life Design Lab and holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. Early in his career he worked for Apple where he led the mouse-design team and introduced laser printing to the masses. He then helped found the pioneering interactive and game software developer Electronic Arts.</p> <p><b>We will spend up to 120000 hours at work in our lifetimes.<br><br>But how do we best use those hours? And how do we adapt to today's working world?<br><br>'Life has questions. They have answers' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><i>_____________________________________</i><br><br><b>From the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling authors of <i>Designing Your Life</i></b><br><br>With this innovative and deeply empowering book all of us can find answers to these challenging questions. It offers a fresh understanding of the politics and psychology of work and by sharing the 'design thinking' principles that have been fuelling the growth of Silicon Valley helps us to build a working life that is rewarding and meaningful.<br><br><u>Designing Your New Work Life features updated creative tools to:</u><br><br>Redesign your current job<br>Optimise your hybrid work and workspace<br>Up your communication game<br>Adapt to any disruption<br>Launch your next career chapter</p> For many of us working from home advice on how to find meaning and joy is welcome when the daily commute is a walk downstairs and the movie <i>Groundhog Day</i> feels more like a documentary...the economic upheaval created by the pandemic will no doubt make this book an attractive proposition for many people now considering a radical change in lifestyle or just questioning what work is all about. In a world where it seems almost revolutionary to love your job these tools just might help you find a few more ways to like going to work A worthy successor to the authors’ previous work that also stands on its own this should be an essential read for college students and might also become a hit on the lecture circuit. Burnett and Evans address important matters including strength finders growth mindsets and the dynamics of power and politics in the workplace...helpful clearly written and relevant <p><b>We will spend up to 120000 hours at work in our lifetimes.<br><br>But how do we best use those hours? And how do we adapt to today's working world?<br><br>'Life has questions. They have answers' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><i>_____________________________________</i><br><br><b>From the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling authors of <i>Designing Your Life</i></b><br><br>With this innovative and deeply empowering book all of us can find answers to these challenging questions. It offers a fresh understanding of the politics and psychology of work and by sharing the 'design thinking' principles that have been fuelling the growth of Silicon Valley helps us to build a working life that is rewarding and meaningful.<br><br><u>Designing Your New Work Life features updated creative tools to:</u><br><br>Redesign your current job<br>Optimise your hybrid work and workspace<br>Up your communication game<br>Adapt to any disruption<br>Launch your next career chapter</p>