Future of work and jobs, a webinar presented by futurist Glen Hiemstra for Fastco Exist, of Fast Company. The webinar was presented on 24 May 2013 and attended by 150 people.

2. work
is
about
what
we
actually
do
to
stay
alive:
grow
things,
make
things,
trade
things,
run
things.

3. job
is
about
how
we
“make
a
living”
with
what
we
do,
and
before
the
20th
century
few
people
had
jobs
like
you
and
I
think
of
them

4. Pillars of 20th Century
Industrial Society
• how we make, buy, grow, sell,
manage, travel, communicate
• the home as we lived it
• private, then government, then
private solutions
• the school house
• the idea of retirement
• the job

5. Pillars of 21st Century
Innovation Economy
• new processes for making, buying
selling, growing, managing,
traveling, communicating ....
• back to future homes
• learning beyond school
• the end of retirement
• the stint, not the job

6. it’s what a
product or
service - or
person knows
knowledge value economy

7. must find new and better ways organize
communities to enable learning for
millions.
knowledge value needs…..knowledge

8.  Job-based
 Fixed Time & Place
 Supervised
 Static, Secure
 One size, full time
 Pay per Scale
 Technical or Personal
 Change is Slow &
Ruled
 Stint-based
 Asynchronous, Moving
 Self Managed
 Innovative, Uncertain
 Many Options
 Pay for Performance
 Technical and
Personal
 Globally oriented
 Locally sourced
 Change is Fast & Chaotic
nature of work in global future
20th 21st

9. There is one rule for the industrialist and
that is: Make the best quality of goods
possible at the lowest cost possible, paying
the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford

11. income gap economics

12. its a wide wide world
Americas
14% World
Population
EU, CIS, M.E.,
Africa
33% World
Population
China, India, Japan,
SE Asia, Australia
53% World Population
Americas
$2T
EU-CIS
$4T
Asia
$4T

13. what are the future jobs?

14. Entrepreneur

15. Bioscientist

16. Biomedical Engineer

17. Technology

18. Jobs of the Future
Exotic...
• Gene Pharmer
• Food Engineer
• Bioengineer
• Brain Augmenter
• Biomedical Engineer
• Spaceport Traffic Control
• Human-related Spacecraft Maintenance
• Nature Convservationist
• Ethics Lawyer - for memor aug, gene programming, etc
• Domestic Robot Programmer

19. Jobs of the Future
More routine...
• Dental Hygienist
• Human Resources Specialist
• Pharmacist
• Biotechnology Salesman
• Biomedical Engineer
• Entrepreneur
• Programmer/Software Developer
• Network and Computer Systems Administrator
• Lawyer
• Nuclear and Solar Power Engineer

20. thank you for your time
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