The 150-page report from PSFK Labs describes 16 trends within 4 major themes related to the future of work. It includes examples of 64 innovations, 12 future concepts, and executive reactions. The report finds that the future workplace will be defined by on-demand staffing, collision/collaboration, an improvised workspace, living knowledge, and constant learning. It provides recommendations for organizations and references supporting research. The full report is available at www.psfk.com/publishing/future-of-work.
The 150-page report from PSFK Labs describes 16 trends within 4 major themes related to the future of work. It includes examples of 64 innovations, 12 future concepts, and executive reactions. The report finds that the future workplace will be defined by on-demand staffing, collision/collaboration, an improvised workspace, living knowledge, and constant learning. It provides recommendations for organizations and references supporting research. The full report is available at www.psfk.com/publishing/future-of-work.
The 150-page report from PSFK Labs describes 16 trends within 4 major themes related to the future of work. It includes examples of 64 innovations, 12 future concepts, and executive reactions. The report finds that the future workplace will be defined by on-demand staffing, collision/collaboration, an improvised workspace, living knowledge, and constant learning. It provides recommendations for organizations and references supporting research. The full report is available at www.psfk.com/publishing/future-of-work.
The 150-page report from PSFK Labs describes 16 trends within 4 major themes related to the future of work. It includes examples of 64 innovations, 12 future concepts, and executive reactions. The report finds that the future workplace will be defined by on-demand staffing, collision/collaboration, an improvised workspace, living knowledge, and constant learning. It provides recommendations for organizations and references supporting research. The full report is available at www.psfk.com/publishing/future-of-work.
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For your full copy of the report, visit: www.psfk.com/publishing/future-of-work KEY TAKEAWAYS The company of the future will be constantly changing form to efficiently take advantage of the opportunities presented in an ever-shifting marketplace. As a result, the place, tools and systems of work will change and five larger themes will emerge: ON DEMAND STAFFING The skills and availability of employees and freelancers will be matched by an algorithm against the companys changing needs. COLLISION COLLUSION Physical, mobile and web workspace will be designed to ensure critical interaction between colleagues, vendors, partners and customers. IMPROVISED WORKPLACE With the flick of a switch, furniture and software will adapt to the changing needs of an organization LIVING KNOWLEDGE Information will flow across and up-and-down the organization constantly; instantly accessible by anyone who needs it. CONSTANT LEARNING Employee empowered education will help staff own the direction of the company. Skills Marketplace Contextual Rolodex Quantified Employee Visual Collaboration Tele-presence Co-Creation Spaces Work(out) place Fluid Technology Pop-Up Workplaces Networked Knowledge Social Workflow Feedback Culture Digital Knowledge Update Learning By Doing Employee Stakeholders Career Matchmaking FUTURE OF WORK SUMMARY The following summary presentation of the Future of Work report outlines the four major areas of change taking place, showcasing examples from each of the four trends within the overarching major themes listed below. Skills Marketplace Career Matchmaking Digital Knowledge Updates Learning By Doing IDEAL WORKFORCE EMPOWERED CULTURE INTUITIVE CONNECTION AGILE WORKPLACES Social Workflow Contextual Rolodex Tele-Presence Visual Collaboration Employee Stakeholders Feedback Culture Networked Knowledge Quantified Employee Co-Creation Spaces Fluid Technology Pop-Up Workplace Work(out)places IDEAL WORKFORCE A collaborative, startup mentality is being adopted by workers and organizations that allows for new ways to learn. Multidisciplinary teams made up of people with diverse experiences are allowing participants to teach each other and learn at the same time. LEARNING BY DOING E[nstitute] Startup School Merges Mentorship, On The Job Learning And Classroom Instruction #StartupLab Interactive Facebook Application Connects Budding Entrepreneurs Directly With Successful Startup Founders SKILLS MARKETPLACE Badges and visual cues are helping to call out proven talent and skills to help distinguish capable individuals. Mozilla Open Badges Online Badges Depict Informal And Soft Skills Vizify Infographic Tool Transforms Media Profiles Into Visual, Web-based Graphical Biographies Systems are leveraging social and contextual information to help better match companies and talent for deeper connections that create lasting value. CAREER MATCHMAKING CoFoundersLab Team-Building Matchmaker Helps Entrepreneurs Find Suitable Business Partners Internal Social Network To Match Employers Needs With Worker Mobility Upmo Services borne out of the e-learning revolution are enabling workers to stay up to date with the cutting edge skills necessary to operate the latest, most sophisticated technology on the market. DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE UPDATES Learn27 Company-Wide Learning Program Connects Co-Workers To Keep Them Updated Adobe Levelup Software Plug-In Updates Users on Complicated Programs And Sharpens Skills EMPOWERED CULTURE Micro-communication tools and open feedback channels are helping to foster more constructive communication and reveal workplace sentiment. FEEDBACK CULTURE Happiily Service Lets Workers Send Anonymous Feedback To Their Superiors Vetter Real-Time Suggestion Box Connects Managers With Employee Ideas Collaboration initiatives are providing a collective expertise of a diverse workforce creating an on-demand resource and information library. NETWORKED KNOWLEDGE SuccessFactors Layered Into Training Programs, Social Learning Improves Learning Retention And Progress Crowdbase Social Knowledge Platform Facilitates Knowledge Transfer, Builds Expertise-Based Reputations Talent management tools that leverage big data are revealing hidden metrics tied to employee value. THE QUANTIFIED EMPLOYEE Valve Workers Rank Their Peers To Reveal Value To The Company SilkRoad Hidden Talent Revealed Within Companies By Social Metric Score Flat management organizations are empowering workers to manage their work with greater autonomy and choose how their time may best be spent. EMPLOYEE STAKEHOLDER Grey Management Reframed As Mentors, Encouraging Workers To Deliver Great Work Microsoft Lync Team Members Self-Select How They Will Fit Into Each Project INTUITIVE CONNECTION Cloud services are enabling team members to simultaneously edit, comment upon and review an ever-growing variety of assets. SOCIAL WORKFLOW Shift Cross-Organizational Social Tool Enhances Collaboration In The Project-By-Project Economy Doximity Social Network For Doctors Improves Cross-Specialty Collaboration New address book applications are helping to create deeper connection by providing contextual reminders and prompting worthwhile connections between co-workers. CONTEXTUAL ROLODEX Brewster Address Book Supplemented With Social Data For More Informed Interactions Intro Proximity Based Service Alerts Users Of Potential Clients And Contacts Who Are Nearby Cloud services are enabling team members to simultaneously edit, comment upon and review an ever-growing variety of assets. VISUAL COLLABORATION Sunglass Company Creates Google Docs For Engineering, Design and Architectural Programs Wallwisher Public Noticeboard Lets Everyone Share And Discuss Ideas Virtually Technologies are helping employees interact remotely with co-workers and objects stationed anywhere in the world. TELEPRESENCE IllumiShare Projector Lamp-Camera Configuration Shares Remote Desks Beaming Haptic Remote Robots Will Let People Physically Be Anywhere In The World AGILE WORKPLACES Collaborative spaces have spawned labs for initial ideas to be tested and further inform innovation. CO-CREATION SPACES Quirky Crowdsourced Product Developers Open An Advanced Lab For All ForageSF Co-working Space Fuels Foodies And Collaborators With Menu Of Cooking Tools Compact technology continues to proliferate, further aiding workers with the completion of tasks while on-the-go. FLUID TECHNOLOGY NexPhone Modular Smartphone Could Replace Computer And Tablet CTX Virtual Keyboard Keyboard Projects Key Onto Any Surface And Fits On Your Keychain Furniture and office designs are becoming increasingly flexible to meet the ever changing demands of the workplace. POP-UP WORKPLACE BuzziBooth Colorful, Sound Absorbing Booths Give Users Privacy In Public Spaces Hive Workstations Mobile Workstations Roll Around To Find The Best Place To Work Health-conscious designs are promoting physical activity to overcome the sedentary nature of desk work and increase focus and productivity. WORK(OUT) PLACE Focal Upright Desk Upright Furniture Line Positions Workers Between Sitting And Standing TrekDesk Tredmill Desk Treadmill Workstations Mix Walking With Working In order to bring to life the Future of Work, PSFK Labs challenged creative agencies from around the world to generate product and service concepts that leverage the trends identified within this report. Creative innovators from advertising agencies, interior design companies, digital design companies and innovation groups have put forth a vision of the future that will hopefully inspire your thinking. ENVISIONING THE FUTURE Live With Design PSFK Labs is the consulting arm of daily ideas site PSFK.com. We are a a trends-led business innovation company that provides its clients with ideas and inspiration. Our trends research helps companies evolve their pr oduc t s , s er v i c es and mar k et i ng communications to meet the changing behaviors and expectations of their clientele. We employ a unique methodology to deliver trends research, together with future-forward business concepts and user-case scenarios to a client list that includes American Express, BMW, Microsoft, Target and Pepsi. labs.psfk.com PSFK LABS WANT MORE? 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