Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload
In 1946, the World Health Organisation defined 'health' as: 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.' Until now, no one has defined this third dimension to health or described strategies to deliver it. Twenty-five years after the arrival of the Internet, we are drowning in data and deadlines; we can never have imagined that our daily intake of information and achieving a healthy balance in our personal and professional lives could feel so complex and so unhealthy.
In recent years organisations have come a long way towards promoting health literacy (on obesity, smoking, diet and exercise) and some way in acknowledging mental health issues. But acknowledging the challenges of the Internet and social media on employee and workplace health is the social element, and most have not yet begun to offer solutions. The challenges, threats and opportunities of a 'perma-connected' global economy and society could not be greater - and they will only increase.
This is the first audiobook to define what social health means in both society and the modern workplace. Here, Julia Hobsbawm argues that developing social health will help employees become more efficiently engaged with each other and their work and help employers to create workplaces that support social health and thus greater productivity. By utilising the latest thinking in health and behavioural economics, social psychology, neuroscience, management and social network analysis, Fully Connected will provide a blueprint for how to use social health to foster well-being and productivity. At every level, each person, department and organisation is struggling to find a way to navigate this challenging era; Fully Connected will be a blueprint for anyone looking to reclaim time, space and identity in our hyperconnected world.
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Julia Hobsbawm OBE is a leading expert on connectedness in modern life. A prominent entrepreneur, media commentator and international speaker for corporate audiences, she has emerged as a leading voice on the future of workplace productivity practices, particularly around Social Health, and how scientific network patterns underpin much of what we do on a daily basis. She became the world's first Professor in Networking in 2011 and is Hon Visiting Professor at Cass Business School in London and at the University of Suffolk. She was awarded an OBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2015.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Fully Connected. Amazing insights on a subject critical to modern working and living. I wholly endorse it, not just as a must-read but also as a much-needed compass to navigating the 21st century workplace. -- Dambisa Moyo, Economist and Author Julia Hobsbawm is the unofficial UK Queen of Networking, but she understands that networking is about much more than lunches and parties. As a student of networks in history, I read Fully Connected with great pleasure and profit. -- Niall Ferguson, senior fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University Brimming with ideas and insights - fascinating, intriguing, thoughtful. -- Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School I am buzzing about this book. Really outstanding. -- William Eccleshare, President and CEO, Clear Channel International This is one of those brilliantly insightful books everyone has to read to understand the zeitgeist. -- Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Principal, Mansfield College Oxford Fully Connected is the most profound book about connectivity published this century. Hobsbawm nails it. She's the Marshall McLuhan of our always-on age. -- Andrew Keen, author of 'Digital Vertigo' and 'The Internet is Not The Answer' Julia Hobsbawm reminds us that social media and social networks are about human connections not technology. She wants us to see that stilling the shrill voices of tech will connect us better. Fully Connected is a very good read. -- Stephan Chambers, The Marshall Institute, London School of Economics Julia Hobsbawm's potent mix of practical advice and fresh academic insight is the book for any thoughtful executive, hard-pressed or otherwise. -- Stephen Barber, Equity partner, Pictet Group; Global Chair, Prix Pictet A great read, which provides fascinating insights into how connectivity is changing our lives and how we can thrive in a Fully Connected world. -- Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford Our social networks are both huge opportunities and lurking dangers, depending on how we manage them. Julia Hobsbawm's stellar new book, Fully Connected, pinpoints their pervasive effects on what and who we know, what jobs we get, our political views, our health and wellbeing, and more - and then tells us to improve our social health. A must-read for individuals and policy makers alike. -- Professor Herminia Ibarra, INSEAD
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- PublisherBloomsbury Business
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1472926854
- ISBN 13 9781472926852
- BindingKindle Edition
- Number of pages256
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