However it turns out that Jobbatical is not only resonating with workers who want to take a 'career break' or combine work with the experience of living abroad, but is tapping into the changing nature of work itself that is seeing people change jobs (and even careers) more frequently than ever and work is increasingly ephemeral.
The secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Dave Oliver, said unions wanted to engage on achieving economic growth, investing in infrastructure, innovation and skills, and discussing the changing nature of work at a time of technological change and globalisation.
How things will unfold still has a degree of uncertainty attached, but what is not up for debate is that change is coming as we get to grips with the changing nature of work.
Social change has an enormous impact on their lives: With globalisation and the changing nature of work, families are particularly vulnerable to falls in household income and shrinking real wages.
The changing nature of work in the UK was not kind to Glasgow.
But the changing nature of work also plays a big role.
This conference explores the economic, social, and political impact of the changing nature of work.
"I really think with the changing nature of work, office, life, we're going to see more of this," he added.
Nor did he seem to understand the changing nature of work in a largely post-industrial society.
But the problem is not with the British work ethic, but with the changing nature of work.
Technological innovation, the changing nature of work, and digital transformation all enable and create new demand for novel PM approaches.
