Substacks recommended by Andy Spence

Recommended by Andy Spence

Tech strategy, analysis, and philosophy, but not boring.

Packy McCormick attacks his topics with gusto and has a knack for explaining what’s going on, working out future trends and what it might mean for companies. Recommended reading for Workforce Futurists!

- Andy Spence

What's New Under the Sun

By Matt Clancy

What academia knows* about innovation

Matt Clancy is a writer, researcher, and educator on the economics of innovation. The newsletter is a living literature review on social science research on innovation.

- Andy Spence

Work3 - The Future of Work

By Matteo Cellini and Andy Spence

Weekly news, practical guides and features to prepare for the future of work.

Matteo Cellini writes about the impact of Web3 on Work – full of useful insights and resources.

- Andy Spence

workfutures.io

By Stowe Boyd

the economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business

Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

Deeply researched no-nonsense product, growth, and career advice—newsletter, podcast, community, and living library

Simon Owens's Media Newsletter

A newsletter about how publishers create, distribute, and monetize their digital content. This newsletter is free to subscribe to.

Simon writes an industry newsletter that covers everything from the Creator Economy to traditional media. From Mr. Beast to Patreon and Podcasters. How millions are making a living in the decentralised workforce.

- Andy Spence

Work In Progress

By Al Dea

A newsletter about the changing world of work and the intersection of talent, leadership, and culture. A must-read for forward-thinking leaders who want to develop their people and organization.

Al Dea provides useful resources and links on the changing shape of careers and workplace.

- Andy Spence

Laetitia@Work

By Laëtitia Vitaud

The future of work, with a feminist perspective

Laëtitia Vitaud writes eloquently about the future of work, with a feminist perspective. Recommended reading for Workforce Futurists!

- Andy Spence

Pathless by Paul Millerd

Unexpected takes on the modern world of work. Paul explores our obsession with work and the default path of success and tries to imagine new possibilities for how we can conceive of life, work & what matters.

Digital Native

By Rex Woodbury

Weekly writing about how AI impacts society and culture

Rex Woodbury grasps how society is changing with technology, from the creators to commerce via digital identities. Recommended reading for Workforce Futurists!

- Andy Spence

FullStack HR

By Johannes Sundlo

Staying on top of what's cooking in HR, future of work, and leadership.

Johannes Sundlo's newsletter describes the wonderful world of Work Technology - all the tools we need to hire, manage our work, our teams and our learning.

- Andy Spence

Directionally Correct - Cole Napper's Substack

Do you wonder what the top people analytics, workforce planning, behavioral science, and talent intelligence leaders are reading and listening to? Directionally Correct is the #1 People Analytics newsletter and podcast on Substack.

Astute insights about the important field of People Analytics, in the context of Organizational Effectiveness.

- Andy Spence

Li's Newsletter

By Li Jin

Writing about consumer technology and society.

Li Jin has written foundational and influential articles on how work is changing. Recommended reading for Workforce Futurists!

- Andy Spence

Shift*Academy

By Lee Bryant

Your digital leadership learning companion to help make sense of AI and emerging technologies, with practical guidance and techniques for implementation.

Decentralised.co

By Joel John

Research on all things Web3. For builders. By builders.

Recruiting Brainfood

By Hung Lee

Once-a-week, manually curated recruiting content from non-mainstream sources, direct to your inbox. Trusted by over 30,000 recruiters / HR people worldwide

Hung Lee covers much more than recruiting in his neuron nourishing weekly digest.

- Andy Spence

🌐 The Shift by Nika Talbot

By Nika Talbot 🌐 The Shift

Adventures in indie journalism, from a GenXy writer who walks. Your weekly hit of optimism and grit.

Nika Talbot has written 12 books relating to health and wellness. There is fun to be had as we make The Shift to work smarter and live better. Recommended reading for Workforce Futurists!

- Andy Spence

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Noah Smith writes about economics and tweets about rabbits. The study of economics might not grip everyone, but it is a topic where everyone has an opinion. The work we do, the industries we work in, the companies we work for are shaped by macro and micro economics.

- Andy Spence

Fintech Blueprint 🤖🏦🧭

By Lex Sokolin

Become a world-class financial services investor and operator, leveraging our deep research on Fintech, DeFi, and AI to improve your strategy and achieve success.

Why is Fintech Blueprint important? The Financial Services industry is a massive global employer, and financial security is an essential ingredient in the future of work mix.

- Andy Spence

Exponential View

By Azeem Azhar

"One of the best for understanding how tech can solve our biggest problems and shape our society." — Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify

A-Mail

By Anna Codrea-Rado

A newsletter about nothing and everything.

This newsletter asks, How does your career make you feel? It takes you on an emotional rollercoaster of money and power dipping into envy, disappointment and fear. The future of work just got messy…

- Andy Spence

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Anne Helen Petersen writes her newsletter for people who want to think more about the culture that surrounds them. Weaving between our work culture, attitudes, practices and choices.

- Andy Spence

Weekly Briefing

By Darja Gutnick

We dig deep to find the latest and greatest ideas on leadership, and deliver them straight to your email inbox every Sunday.

Workonomics

By Nilesh Kavthekar

Workers, technology, and policy

Femstreet

By Sarah Senobari

Femstreet is a media platform amplifying female voices, accelerating their success and creating a culture of empowerment - where women lead, shape, and fund the future.

Sarah Nöckel's newsletter includes insights from female business professionals on entrepreneurship, web3, pitch advice, how to raise financing, how to hire and fire, and managing a board.

- Andy Spence

The Jungle Gym

By Nick DeWilde

Join 12,000+ readers for monthly ideas about career strategy, learning, and work-life integration.