Technology has transformed work by shrinking workforces and reducing work hours. The corporate office is now extinct and permanent employees are endangered as companies rely on dynamic global teams working on projects. What remains are small executive teams planning big-picture strategies while micro-entrepreneurial employees seek flexible workspaces that foster collaboration, purpose, and wellness to stay engaged and impactful.
31. -Charles Darwin, 1809
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but
the one most responsive to change.”
Notes de l'éditeur
The year is 2035
We will be living inside a computing planet. Each person will access a myriad of devices on a daily basis, and cloud computing will enable these devices to intelligently communicate and collaborate. Technology will get smarter, and artificial intelligence will be pervasive, smart enough to do many of the jobs that humans do today.
Smart systems will emerge and collaborate with humans, changing the nature of work
Increasing use of robotics and supercomputing will replace generalist functions, leaving humans to do the creative & intellectual heavy lifting, as well as a shortened work week (find data**).
Human work is increasingly confined to subjective, abstract and creative positions”
We all know that the economy is becoming increasingly service-based. Manufacturing has been decreasing in favour of services, and the world has become increasingly reliant on knowledge.
However we reject the notion that knowledge will be for knowledge’s sake. Knowledge is a by-product of exploration and imagination. and learning is the requisite fuel to our intellectual fires.
Knowledge is the new currency, and employees are elements of intellectual capital.
Knowledge as a by-product of exploration and creativity
Employees as elements of intellectual capital
Learning as requisite fuel for our intellectual fires
Artificial intelligence reduces the work week
Virtual Reality persists
Death of the office building
Employees, then, are elements of intellect, that need to be cultivated, refueled with learning, in order to increase their value.
…and increased globalization leads to a 24-hour cycle of intellectual productivity
No longer outsourcing generalized functions but intellect
Geography no longer a barrier to talent acquisition
Companies need to have the latest technology because that is a major factor that contributes to purpose and wellness at work
Interviewed 12 business professionals
Asked about work, life and what productivity means to them
We discovered basic needs
Open a network of shared workspaces
Set up workspaces in major centers around the world
Membership based
Creating centers of productivity.
Every employee has different needs and will use their membership differently. Some employees will go to their local workspace daily, some only for team meetings, some will spend long periods at locations during critical project points.
Privacy concerns have been mitigated. People are no longer worried about sharing space.
Offer value-added services, health care practitioners, educational lectures etc.