8 Words or Less
Do you have an ever-growing list of leadership and management books to read - but can't find the time? Every episode, Samie and James share their perspectives on a different book and distil some key themes into a central message of 8 words or less.
8 Words or Less
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
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Samie Al-Achrafi and James Elwes
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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In this book Alain de Botton explores the joys and perils of the modern workplace, illustrating through 10, self-contained, case-studies what other people get up to all day – and night – to make the frenzied contemporary world function. Ultimately the author is looking to understand what make jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying!
Samie shares his central message of 'the future of work is human' and why this is an important theme for the challenges of today.