My team and I just hosted another Future of Work Forum in NYC for members of The Future of Work Community (a global brand council where companies explore how the workplace is changing). We were joined by some brilliant speakers and guests including the CHRO of AARP, Chief People Officer of Cisco, CIO of Xerox, CHRO of Pandora, Head of Innovation at Sanofi, CIO of IBM, EVP of HR at Staples, Brian Robertson (the founder of holacracy), CEO of Frog Design, and many others. We explored many topics around the future of work including but not limited to freelancers, corporate culture, technology and collaboration, people analytics, leadership, change management, holacracy and much more. I wanted to share the top eight learnings from the event.

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Over the last couple of years, Microsoft has streamlined and optimized Windows in an effort to make the OS run on smaller, less powerful devices. Whereas older versions of Windows, in the pre-Windows 7 era, usually required more robust hardware than earlier versions to run well, Windows 10 can run acceptably on everything from sub-$100 tablets to ultra-powerful, multi-core, multi-GPU gaming systems.

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Yamaha is delving into the world of autonomous vehicles in a way fitting of the unique company that it is: by building a robot capable of piloting a motorcycle better than a human can—but not just any human: nine-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi, who won this year’s championship on a Yamaha YZR-M1 and who some consider practically super-human.

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Ultimately, gaining access to people on the street is about Google’s mission of being able to predict users’ needs before they can voice them.

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There are lots of strange stories of finding living frogs that have been entombed in rocks or other places.

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There’s been an awakening in The Force, and it’s tied to the much-maligned character of Jar Jar Binks. As fans await the latest installment of Star Wars, called The Force Awakens, the Internet hype has accelerated to light speed, with the Star Wars subreddit as no exception. Last night, a user named Lumpawaroo (whom has chosen to remain safely anonymous) posted what could only be referred to as a speculative masters thesis on what could be the true nature of Binks, claiming that Binks himself was ultimately the titular Phantom Menace that brought about the fall of Anakin Skywalker and the creation of Darth Vader.

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