Free Agent Nation The Future of Working for Yourself

by Pink, Daniel H.

• ISBN13: 9780446678797
• ISBN10: 0446678791
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Business Plus

Summary

Combining the astute social analysis of Alvin Tofflers The Third Wave and Faith Popcorns The Popcorn Report, this book boldly predicts the death of the conventional job and describes the Brave New World of the self-employed society.Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, it has been the organizing principle of society: people are what they do. But at the dawning of the new millennium, Americans are waking up to the fact that commitment to a traditional corporate structure does not guarantee personal validation or financial security. In what is one of the fastest growing movements today, people are rejecting the idea of corporate loyalty to explore more creative ways of making a living. This book addresses this movement and is a must-have for the millions investigating free agency.

Table of Contents

Prologue	1	(8)
Part One Welcome to Free Agent Nation
Bye, Bye, Organization Guy	9	(18)
How Many Are There? The Numbers and Nuances of Free Agency	27	(20)
How Did It Happen? The Four Ingredients of Free Agency	47	(12)
Part Two The Free Agent Way
The New Work Ethic	59	(26)
The New Employment Contract	85	(18)
The New Time Clock	103	(20)
Part Three How (and Why) Free Agency Works
Small Groups, Big Impact: Reinventing Togetherness in Free Agent Nation	123	(20)
Getting Horizontal: The Free Agent Org Chart and Operating System	143	(18)
The Free Agent Infrastructure	161	(10)
Matchmakers, Agents, and Coaches	171	(12)
Free Agent Families	183	(16)
Part Four Free Agent Woes
Roadblocks on Free Agent Avenue: Health Insurance, Taxes, and Zoning	199	(14)
Temp Slaves, Permatemps, and the Rise of Self-Organized Labor	213	(20)
Part Five The Free Agent Future
E-tirement: Free Agency and the New Old Age	233	(10)
School's Out: Free Agency and the Future of Education	243	(18)
Location, Location...Vocation: Free Agency and the Future of Offices, Homes, and Real Estate	261	(10)
Putting the ``I'' in IPO: The Path Toward Free Agent Finance	271	(16)
A Chip Off the Old Voting Bloc: The New Politics of Free Agency	287	(14)
What's Left: Free Agency and the Future of Commerce, Careers, and Community	301	(12)
Epilogue	313	(2)
The Official Free Agent Nation Resource Guide	315	(32)
Notes	347	(22)
Appendix: Results of the Free Agent Nation Online Census	369	(6)
Acknowledgments	375	(2)
Index	377