リンダ・グラットンは、人と組織の関係、協働、働き方の変化を研究する組織論学者、コンサルタント。リバプール大学で心理学を学び、博士号を取得した。ブリティッシュ・エアウェイズで人材選抜と管理職育成に携わり、PAコンサルティングでの組織・人材戦略の実務を経て、1989年にロンドン・ビジネス・スクールに加わった。企業の人材戦略と組織行動を教える一方、HSM Advisoryを創設し、2008年から企業の経営者らと働き方の将来を研究する活動を率いた。『ワーク・シフト――孤独と貧困から自由になる働き方の未来図〈2025〉』（原題 “The Shift: The Future of Work Is Already Here”）では、技術革新やグローバル化などが仕事を変えるなかで、専門性や協働関係をどう築くかを検討した。アンドリュー・スコットとの共著『LIFE SHIFT（ライフ・シフト）――100年時代の人生戦略』（原題 “The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity”）では、教育、仕事、引退という三段階の人生を長寿化の視点から見直し、お金だけでなく健康、技能、人間関係などの無形資産と、学び直しや転身の重要性を論じた。同書は2016年のフィナンシャル・タイムズのビジネス書賞の最終候補となり、日本の人生100年時代構想会議にも有識者として参加した。2026年の『Living the 100-Year Life』（未邦訳）では、長い職業人生を個人の側から捉え直し、熟達、協働、友情、心の平静など八つの要素を手がかりに、仕事と暮らしを時間のなかで組み立てる方法を考察した。
Lynda Gratton is an organizational theorist and consultant studying the relationship between people and organizations, collaboration and the changing nature of work. She studied psychology at the University of Liverpool and earned a doctorate. After working on selection and management development at British Airways and on organizational and human-resource strategy at PA Consulting, she joined London Business School in 1989. Alongside teaching organizational behavior and human-resource strategy, she founded HSM Advisory and, from 2008, led a research initiative bringing company leaders together to explore the future of work. In The Shift: The Future of Work Is Already Here, published in Japanese as ワーク・シフト, she examined how technological change and globalization reshape work and the implications for building expertise and collaborative relationships. With Andrew Scott, she wrote The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity, translated into Japanese as LIFE SHIFT. It questioned the conventional sequence of education, employment and retirement, exploring how longer lives require renewed investment in skills, health and relationships alongside financial planning. The book was shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times business book award, and she also served on Japan’s council for designing a society for the 100-year life. In Living the 100-Year Life, published in 2026, she turned to the individual experience of sustaining a longer career. Using eight interwoven elements, including mastery, cooperation, friendship and calm, the book explored how people can shape working lives and personal lives that develop across time.
