Authors: Daniel H. Pink
ISBN-13: 9780446678797, ISBN-10: 0446678791
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: May 2002
Edition: Reprint
Daniel H. Pink is a former White House speechwriter and the author of the bestseller Free Agent Nation, A contributing editor at Wired magazine, he has written on work, business, and politics for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, Salon, Fast Company, and other publications. He has also lectured to corporations, universities, and associations around the world on economic transformation and business strategy, and has analyzed commercial and social trends for dozens of television and radio programs.
Hip and hopeful, meticulously researched and joyously iconoclastic, Free Agent Nation will change your thinking--and maybe even change your life.
A brilliant book. Pink defines...with the keen eye of a trained sociologist, the literary skill of a masterful prose stylist, and the irreverent wit of a stand-up comic...a must-read an instant contemporary classic.
Prologue | 1 | |
Part 1 | Welcome to Free Agent Nation | |
Chapter 1. | Bye, Bye, Organization Guy | 9 |
Chapter 2. | How Many Are There? The Numbers and Nuances of Free Agency | 27 |
Chapter 3. | How Did It Happen? The Four Ingredients of Free Agency | 47 |
Part 2 | The Free Agent Way | |
Chapter 4. | The New Work Ethic | 59 |
Chapter 5. | The New Employment Contract | 85 |
Chapter 6. | The New Time Clock | 103 |
Part 3 | How (and Why) Free Agency Works | |
Chapter 7. | Small Groups, Big Impact: Reinventing Togetherness in Free Agent Nation | 123 |
Chapter 8. | Getting Horizontal: The Free Agent Org Chart and Operating System | 143 |
Chapter 9. | The Free Agent Infrastructure | 161 |
Chapter 10. | Matchmakers, Agents, and Coaches | 171 |
Chapter 11. | Free Agent Families | 183 |
Part 4 | Free Agent Woes | |
Chapter 12. | Roadblocks on Free Agent Avenue: Health Insurance, Taxes, and Zoning | 199 |
Chapter 13. | Temp Slaves, Permatemps, and the Rise of Self-Organized Labor | 213 |
Part 5 | The Free Agent Future | |
Chapter 14. | E-tirement: Free Agency and the New Old Age | 233 |
Chapter 15. | School's Out: Free Agency and the Future of Education | 243 |
Chapter 16. | Location, Location ... Vocation: Free Agency and the Future of Offices, Homes, and Real Estate | 261 |
Chapter 17. | Putting the "I" in IPO: The Path Toward Free Agent Finance | 271 |
Chapter 18. | A Chip Off the Old Voting Bloc: The New Politics of Free Agency | 287 |
Chapter 19. | What's Left: Free Agency and the Future of Commerce, Careers, and Community | 301 |
Epilogue | 313 | |
The Official Free Agent Nation Resource Guide | 315 | |
Notes | 347 | |
Appendix | Results of the Free Agent Nation Online Census | 369 |
Acknowledgments | 375 | |
Index | 377 |