The 40-hour work week set by auto pioneer Henry Ford is showing every one of its 93 years. So are conventional vacation and other benefits. Today’s workers want change as digital technology has untethered them from their office desks. Yet globalization and competition have them constantly connected to work and stressed as ever. Despite the advent of work-life balance initiatives in the mid-1980s, the ideal of symmetry between work, family and… continue »
What even is a vice anymore? This issue of WTF, backed by a global survey, explores the changing morality of “vices.” Will consumer interest be enough to fuel the projected growth in industries like cannabis? Read WTF: Vice »
What the Future is a quarterly deep dive into different aspects of consumer and social thought and behavior. Each edition features exclusive new data from world-leading research firm Ipsos. WTF explores how a single industry or behavior fits into the broader culture now and in the coming decades.
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