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Labor Audiobooks

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    Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity

    by Ben Ramalingam ...
    Narrated by John Sackville ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    From a leading international crisis management expert, a breakthrough book about performance under pressure that will change the way you think about stressWhen we experience too much stress, we often feel like shutting down and escaping the source: we ‘downshift’. With too little stress, we become apathetic and disengaged. But what happens in the middle zone – when we experience what psychologists ... Read more

    $45.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bullshit Jobs

    A Theory

    by David Graeber ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 38 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland.Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.In the early twentieth century, people ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Chokepoint Capitalism

    How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

    by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 56 min

    A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Shop Class as Soulcraft

    An Inquiry into the Value of Work

    by Matthew B. Crawford ...
    Narrated by Max Bloomquist ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 38 min

    **A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman**Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A World Without Work

    Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond

    by Daniel Susskind ...
    Narrated by Daniel Susskind ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    Brought to you by Penguin'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown'Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future' NEW YORK TIMESNew technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

    by Katrine Marçal ...
    Narrated by Sofia Engstrand ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 5 min

    WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL‘I am absurdly excited for this book’ Caroline Criado PerezBestselling author Katrine Marçal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to menBut it doesn ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Hire With Your Head, 4th Edition

    Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams

    by Lou Adler ...
    Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    In the newly revised Fourth Edition of Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams, influential recruiting and hiring expert Lou Adler delivers a practical guide to consistently identifying and hiring the best people and scaling that process throughout your company. This book will help you address your hiring and recruitment issues, not just by making you ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    New Laws of Robotics

    Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI

    by Frank Pasquale ...
    Narrated by Perry Daniels ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them-but only through wise regulation. Too many CEOs tell a simple story about the future of work: if a machine can do what you do, your job will be automated. They envision everyone from doctors to soldiers rendered superfluous by ever-more-powerful AI. They offer stark alternatives: make ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    On the Job

    The Untold Story of America’s Worker Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health

    by Celeste Monforton, Jane M. Von Bergen ...
    Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    For over 60 million people, work in America has been a story of declining wages, insecurity, and unsafe conditions, especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and troubling reality has galvanized media and policymakers, but all the while a different and little-known story of rebirth and struggle has percolated just below the surface. On the Job is the first account of a new kind of labor ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Career and Family

    Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity

    by Claudia Goldin ...
    Narrated by Nancy Crane ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 25 min

    This audiobook narrated by Nancy Crane traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at homeA century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college graduates than ever before, and more women want to have a career and ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Only Humans Need Apply

    Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines

    by Thomas H Davenport, Julia Kirby ...
    Narrated by Shawn Compton ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 9 min

    Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. It's not only blue-collar jobs at stake. Millions of educated knowledge workers are threatened by accelerating advances in artificial intelligence. The industrial revolution shifted workers from farms to factories. In the first era of automation, machines relieved humans of manually exhausting work. Today, Era ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Why Good People Can't Get Jobs

    The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It

    by Peter Cappelli ...
    Narrated by Don Hagen ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work. Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Ét liv Én tid Ét menneske

    Hvordan vi glemte at leve et meningsfuldt liv

    by Morten Albæk ...
    Narrated by Morten Albæk ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 31 min

    I ÉT LIV, ÉN TID, ÉT MENNESKE stiller filosoffen og lederen Morten Albæk spørgsmålet, hvordan det kan lade sig gøre, at vi som et af verdens rigeste og mest lykkelige folkeslag samtidig kan være så hårdt ramt på vores mentale velbefindende, målt på antallet af mennesker, der lider af stress, angst og depression. Undervejs gør han op med begrebet work-life balance og forestillingen om, at en ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Lost in Work

    Escaping Capitalism

    by Amelia Horgan ...
    Narrated by Libby Mai ...
    series Outspoken by Pluto

    Unabridged

    4 hours 57 min

    ***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Tilbage til arbejdet

    - Sådan bekæmper vi pseudoarbejde i organisationer

    by Dennis Nørmark ...
    Narrated by Dennis Nørmark ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    Vores arbejde drukner i målinger, rapporteringer, møder, kontrol, dokumentationskrav og velmente, men overflødige initiativer, omstruktureringer og projekter. Alt sammen pseudoarbejde, der lægges oveni det rigtige arbejde og ikke efterlader sig noget værdifuldt.I Tilbage til arbejdet tager antropolog Dennis Nørmark tråden op fra bogen Pseudoarbejde, som han i 2018 skrev sammen med filosof Anders ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD

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    The Passion Economy

    The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century

    by Adam Davidson ...
    Narrated by Adam Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    'The Passion Economy is exactly what everyone needs today: examples of how to thrive in an economy that can seem overwhelming, and crystal-clear explanations of how to succeed. This is the book about how to live (and work) a more passionate life' Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit 'Adam Davidson is one of America's most accomplished business journalists - and this book reminds us ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Feminism

    A Key Idea for Business and Society

    by Celia V. Harquail ...
    Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...
    series Key Ideas in Business and Management

    Unabridged

    7 hours 52 min

    In this concise book, feminist thought is made accessible and relevant to both students and management practitioners. An empowering introduction to an often-overlooked key idea, this book illuminates how feminist thinking can liberate our understanding of work and management. Feminism: A Key Idea for Business and Society boldly challenges assumptions about both feminism and business. It offers a ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    La revolución emocional

    ¡Todos necesitamos lo mismo para sentirnos bien!

    by Inma Puig ...
    Narrated by Inma Puig ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 38 min

    A partir de historias vividas, Inma Puig muestra cómo aprender a gestionar las propias emociones y a entender las de los demás en el entorno personal y empresarial nos permite descubrir otra realidad. Esta «evolución emocional» al alcance de todos abrirá sin duda las puertas a un mundo mejor.Nos hallamos inmersos en una revolución en la que los cambios tecnológicos se suceden a un ritmo ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Utopía para realistas

    A favor de la renta básica universal, la semana laboral de 15 horas y un mundo sin fronteras

    by Rutger Bregman ...
    Narrated by Pep Papell ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 52 min

    Un ensayo ágil para reflexionar sobre el tipo de sociedad en la quevivimosy cómo resolver la gran paradoja de nuestro tiempo: que en la era de la abundancia, millones de personas sufran escasez.¡Pongámonos a pensar. Soñemos con la Utopía!Fruto del espectacular avance de la ciencia en los últimos decenios, la globalización está transformando de forma radical el orden social y económico del siglo ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Why your summer getaway is staffed by foreign workers

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

    Unabridged

    8 min

    At the tip of Cape Cod, the iconic summer getaway Provincetown has a small year-round population that swells when the weather gets nice, welcoming an estimated 4 to 5 million tourists every year. Businesses there depend on foreign workers willing to work just a few months of the year. But this year, the number of available visas is way down. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    It's All About The Income

    by Michael Lynch ...
    Narrated by Eric Altheide ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 3 min

    Wondering if your retirement income will last as long as you need it to?Americans today face retirement with a mix of hope and trepidation. Hope—that their health will hold out long enough to let them do what they want for decades. And trepidation—that they might not have enough wealth to fund it.But creating a viable, sustainable retirement plan is easier than you think. In It’s All About the ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Struggle and Mutual Aid

    The Age of Worker Solidarity

    by Nicolas Delalande ...
    Narrated by Chris Abell ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 37 min

    A dynamic historian revisits the workers’ internationals, whose scope and significance are commonly overlooked.In current debates about globalization, open and borderless elites are often set in opposition to the immobile and protectionist working classes. This view obscures a major historical fact: for around a century—from the 1860s to the 1970s—worker movements were at the cutting edge of ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The 4 Day Week

    How the Flexible Work Revolution Can Increase Productivity, Profitability and Well-being, and Create a Sustainable Future

    by Andrew Barnes ...
    Narrated by Andrew Barnes ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 16 min

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day work week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy.Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Fourth Age

    Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity

    by Byron Reese ...
    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market).In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial