About this episode
Craig Gent discusses the implications of algorithmic management in the workplace.
This week we’ve got something a little different for you. Whilst we’re still technically between seasons - and working hard to bring you more roundtable discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upcoming fourth series of The Verso Podcast - we wanted to share a great episode we’ve been collaborating on with our friends over at Macrodose. Macrodose is a podcast from Planet B Productions that brings you a weekly briefing on the economy, and takes a look behind the media headlines to work out what’s really going on. You can listen to the podcast and support the show at patreon.com/macrodose In this episode you’ll be hearing from Craig Gent, author of Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work - published recently by Verso Books. As well as being a writer Craig is also a researcher and the North of England Editor at Novara Media. In this bonus show, Craig will be exploring the role of algorithms in the workplace. He’ll be covering the big questions - such as, what’s at stake as algorithms are slowly, quietly integrated into our everyday lives? Is it just an inevitable fact of the long march toward progress? Or does it open a new…
People in this episode
Guest: Craig Gent
Topics covered
- algorithmic management
- workplace technology
- class struggle
- economic briefing
- media analysis
Keywords
- algorithms
- workplace
- class struggle
- Cyberboss
- economic briefing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Verso Books, Macrodose, Planet B Productions, Novara Media
Books & works: Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work
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