For many workers, the frustrations of modern employment are familiar: meetings that drain time, managers who fail to support their teams and policies that leave people feeling disconnected from their jobs. While technology companies are looking towards ambitious futures beyond Earth, the workplace on this planet remains a much harder problem to solve.

Four in five workers are disengaged. And Gallup CEO Jon Clifton warns there’s no recovery in sight: ‘We're closer to colonizing Mars.’

For many workers, the frustrations of modern employment are familiar: meetings that drain time, managers who fail to support their teams and policies that leave people feeling…