Book Briefing: ‘Meaningful Work’ by Wes Adams and Tamara Myles

Book Briefing: ‘Meaningful Work’ by Wes Adams and Tamara Myles

In Meaningful Work, Wes Adams and Tamara Myles offer a simple recipe for designing work to be maximally meaningful for employees. “[W]e define meaningful work as work that provides community, helps us contribute to something that matters, and challenges us to learn and grow,” write Adams, founder and CEO of SV Consulting Group, and Myles, a consultant and faculty member at Boston College.Adams and Myles contend that research shows that when work…