Last week in the Rosenverse: Connection, community, and the future of work

Last week in the Rosenverse, we hosted a session with Liminal Thinking author Dave Gray. In this video, Dave explores how corporate jobs have divided us from community, and what we can do to foster connection in a deeply disconnected time.

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Connection, Community, and the Future of Work

“If the corporate form collapses, we need to think about how to provide value to our actual communities, virtual or local.”

May 28: Corporate jobs have conditioned us to divide work life from community. The division of labor disconnects us from meaningful work, from customers, and from each other. Dave and Lou open a conversation about the questions we’re holding and what we are learning about connection, community, and the future of work. This is an informal session. We kick it off with a few thoughts and open the floor for discussion. Watch the recording »

About the speaker:

Dave Gray is known for his work bridging visual thinking, business, change and innovation. His books and methods make complexity manageable and creativity practical. He is the founder of the School of the Possible, a creative community of interesting people doing interesting things.

Dave is also the author of Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think (Rosenfeld Media 2016). Read more »

Q&A with our speaker

This Q&A was drawn from the Rosenverse Live session.

Q: How is AI changing the way people work?

A: AI is accelerating a shift that has happened many times before: technology reorganizes labor, changes which jobs survive, and pushes people toward new kinds of work.

Q: What kinds of jobs are hardest to automate?

A: The work that is hardest to automate is practice-based work, because it depends on trust, judgment, and direct human relationships.

Q: Why does community matter in the workplace?

A: Community matters because work is never just about output — it is also about belonging, accountability, and the human need to be connected to other people.

Q: What is the relationship between work and dignity?

A: Work is tied to identity and dignity, so when people lose jobs or lose meaningful roles, the impact is emotional and social as well as economic.

Q: Why are corporate jobs changing?

A: Corporate jobs are changing because the system that created them may be reaching its limits, especially as technology and social expectations reshape how value gets created.

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