"It already does, " says Alison Maitland, co-author of "Future work: How business can adapt and thrive in the new world of work".

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According to Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland, two of the most prominent exponents of this position, it is not enough to smash the glass ceiling.

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Among the first things likely to go, according to Peter Thomson and Alison Maitland, co-authors of the book "Future Work: How businesses can adapt and thrive in the new world of work, " is the idea of a fulltime job.

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