The Year Without Pants: WordPress.Com and the Future of Work

"Sometimes you find a book which you simply can't not read. The Year Without Pants was one of them." (The BookBag, October 2013) Those looking for observations about the changing nature of the workplace won't be disappointed, but equally this is far from being just a passionless futurist text; Berkun infuses the whole book with real humour and gives an excellent personal account of the inner working of one of the world's most unorthodox enterprises." (Elite Business, November 2013)

Scott Berkun is the author of four popular books: Making Things Happen, The Myths of Innovation, Confessions of a Public Speaker, and Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. His work as a writer and speaker has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Wired, the Economist, Fast Company, and Forbes and on CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, National Public Radio, and other media. His many popular essays and entertaining lectures can be found for free on his blog at www.scottberkun.com, and he tweets at @berkun. (Berkun may or may not be wearing pants in this photo.)

What You Need to Know 1 1 The Hotel Electra 3 2 The First Day 9 3 Tickets for Caturday 20 4 Culture Always Wins 28 5 Your Meetings Will Be Typed 41 6 The Bazaar at the Cathedral 53 7 The Big Talk 64 8 The Future of Work, Part 1 73 9 Working the Team 82 10 How to Start a Fire 95 11 Real Artists Ship 106 12 Athens Lost and Found 118 13 Double Down 129 14 There Can Be Only One 138 15 The Future of Work, Part 2 148 16 Innovation and Friction 161 17 The Intense Debate 166 18 Follow the Sun 171 19 The Rise of Jetpack 175 20 Show Me the Money 186 21 Portland and the Collective 195 22 The Bureau of Socialization 211 23 Exit Through Hawaii 223 24 The Future of Work, Part 3 230 Epilogue: Where Are They Now? 234 Notes 236 Annotated Bibliography 241 Acknowledgments 243 About the Author 245 Index 247