1、IoIC Future of Work Trends ReportIoIC Future of Work Trends Report|2CONTENTS 1 Introduction 32 The primary trends impacting people at work in the 2020s 72.1 Technologys impact on work 72.2 Globalisation and global connectivity 102.3 Changing hours of work 122.4 Changing socio-cultural attitudes and
2、intergenerational working 152.5 Changing employment models 192.6 Changing operating and organisational models 212.7 Impact of climate change and resource depletion on organisations 232.8 The age of human 253 Summary 274 Footnotes/References/Bibliography 29INTRODUCTION 1.Our work landscapes are in th
3、e midst of profound and unprecedented change.The first two decades of the 21st century have seen rapid acceleration in the advancement of communications technologies.Most notable are the rise of the smartphone and its ever-increasing computational power1,and the ongoing and rapid expansion of the In
4、ternet2.IoIC Future of Work Trends Report|4The continuous and unprecedented availability of information via our smartphones significantly impacts how we behave as humans,as communities,as societies and as nations.Information ubiquity also creates profound shifts in the way we run our organisations.I
5、n parallel,the make-up of the UKs working demographic is shifting.As older generations retire and new generations embark on their working lives,attitudes and behaviours shift.Shaped by the environments they grew up in,younger people at work today are far more digitally dextrous by default as a gener
6、ational cohort,they have a significantly different communication style.To add further complexity,our wider political,economic and environmental backdrop is in turmoil.In the next decade well need to reconfigure both our political and economic frameworks if we stand any chance at all of repairing the