The global pandemic, looming economic downturn, and public outcry for justice and human rights are posing serious adaptive challenges for leaders across industries and sectors. The clean lines between family and work life are blurring. Employees’ health and wellbeing are clearly tied to their creativity and productivity. We are paying more attention to ensure essential workers are treated with dignity and are able to stay healthy. And as we settle into the “new normal,” we may be asking whether what we are educating and training ourselves for matches what the future will demand of us.

How might this moment – with all the challenges it presents – be an opportunity for us to transform work, so that what work is, who it is for, and how work happens can center human thriving?