![]() These are just some of the examples that we had no idea about such a short time ago, however now the norm. Today, the tide has changed with new careers in social media management, SEO optimization and, of course, Uber drivers. By way of an example, if 10 years ago your beloved teenager burst through the front door of home, returning from a productive meeting with their careers advisor, promptly announcing their desire to be an app developer, I am sure we would have looked on with some caution and angst. By popular estimate, 65 per cent of children entering primary school today will work in new jobs and functions that don’t currently exist. ![]() As for every door that closes, think of the next that opens. However, we should not fear this in my humble opinion. We also know that the digital express is hell bent on automation, with some sources predicting robots could eliminate up to five million jobs in the top 15 major economies. This blurry line is the direct result of the digital age train that is unstoppable – but miss it at your peril. We intertwine our social and work lives with no clear boundary between the two. We live in a blended world where work no longer starts at 09.00 and finishes at 17.00. What was new and unthinkable, is now the norm. So what do we know about work today? Well, it has changed, and it’s arguably almost unrecognisable from what we did just a handful of years ago. This is a far cry from what Los Angeles currently looks like, and I find it hard to believe wholesale change will sweep across that city within the next 18 months. It had us believing that by November 2019 we would all be travelling around in spacecraft and having the helping hand of personal robots at our services. Think back to the opening scenes of the original Blade Runner movie filmed in 1982. ![]() What we know with absolute certainty, is we are not very good at predicting the future. ‘What was new and unthinkable, is now the norm…’ But what is the future of work, and how will our children and generations to come occupy the offices of tomorrow and what will they look like? Type the phrase into Google and a staggering 2.2 billion hits are retuned. The future of work is one of the most widely discussed topics in our industry today. Leeson Medhurst of 360 Workplace discusses the transition to a ‘Willy Wonka’ principle of working Leeson Medhurst The Future of Work – a world of pure imagination? The world of work is rapidly changing, and digital domination means a shift in the type of work we do and how we do it.
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