CreativeHunt.com says The FUTURE of WORK was one of the most "popular talks" at BarCamp Shanghai, an unconference for entrepreneurs, designers & tech enthusiasts in October of 2013. Brian's keynote address has traveled around Asia, Europe and America, inspiring the hearts and minds of thousands towards greater intrapreneurship.

1. where + why + how

2. BarCamp 2013
“The Future of Work” outlines
1. where?
our vision of what will change in 20 years.
2. why?
the insights that led us to this vision
3. how?
the steps to achieve that vision
This presentation was originally
delivered by Brian Tam as an
inspirational speech at BarCamp 2013
in Shanghai.
By popular demand, this presentation
has been reformatted for download.

3. who is brian?
he is China’s creativity catalyst and founder
of Let’s Make Great!
helping people companies to dramatically grow
through innovation workshops and entrepreneurship coaching

4. 1
where are we going?
what do we imagine for the next 10-20 years of work in China?

5. In the past, ONE career was TWENTY years
Our parents’ were motivated by stability and worked in the same companies,
doing the same thing for decades.
hi mom, hi dad!

6. Now?
25%
of the Shanghai workforce
leave their job
every year!
*In some jobs/industries,
turnover is as high as 40%!
WHAT A WASTE!
Imagine the CRAZY COSTS as companies try to recruit,
train and retain such an mobile workforce, which they only
keep on average 3 years!

7. prediction 1
In the future,
our careers
will be
FLIPPED
upside down
past
20 years = 1 career
1 year = 20 projects
future

8. prediction 2
WORK IS PLAY! PLAY IS WORK!
In the past, work was defined by a suit and tie and confined by the walls of a cubicle.
Now, as technology pushes us to be connected to work 24/7,
we want to choose work that we actually enjoy.
In the future, the lines between
work and play will be completely blurred!

9. 2
why are we going there?
what are the trends that are pushing us towards this vision?

10. the story of HOPE
Hope was a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, talented rising star in a global
company. She had a secure job with good pay at a famous company.
So why did she want to leave?
Why would she choose to go to startup where the future was completely
uncertain, there was absolutely no pay doing something no-one has heard of?

11. PASSION
ASPIRATION
CREATIVITY
She wanted to grow and have the freedom to develop in the areas of life that
she sincerely cared about most. She dreamed to be her BEST self.

12. Trend 1
HOPE’s motivation
Through coaching, Hope discovered these two ideas that most resonated with
her feelings and were pushing her to pursue a startup lifestyle.
if you only live once,
what will you do with YOUR time?
startups are sexier than ever

13. Trend 2
Just as individuals want to grow,
Organizations MUST grow too!
How? by innovation: creating new products, services, exploring
new markets and being a leader that creates the future.
Yet, those same creative leaders that we need to create innovation are also
choosing to leave (as part of the 25% yearly employee turnover mentioned
before). Organizations lost Hope and are losing good people like Hope.

14. Trend 3
Where did Hope go?
These are a few leading organizations already creating the future of work.
NowLab

15. 3
how are we going there?
intrapreneurship

16. organizational
resources
scale distribution
+
individuals
passion ideas
global
=
impact
via intrapreneurship

17. alignment
How might we align an individual’s passions with a company’s visions and resources to
make global impact?
intrapreneurship
This is a new collaboration between companies and people, where entrepreneurial ideas
that fulfill the company’s visions and long-term goals are funded by the organizations.
WIN: Organizations get the growth from new ideas and keep good people like Hope.
WIN: Good people leverage the strengths of an organization and make a global impact.

18. predict
prepare
make it happen

19. how to make intrapreneurship happen?
LAUNCH 1000 projects
experiments to see what sticks
LEARN
stay curious and have a culture of learning
LEAVE A LEGACY
of global impact that you truly care about

20. the future of work
where
why
how
career flip
trend 1: human motivation
intrapreneurship
1 year, 20 projects
work AND play
love what you do
work will be full of
passion
aspiration
creativity
we want to grow
YOLO effect
startups are sexy
trend 2: organizations to grow
want to keep their staff
want to innovate
want leaders who can think creatively
a new partnership to
keep creative leaders in a
company while leveraging
their ideas and passions to
make global impact

21. thank you
brian@letsmakegreat.com

23. now available:
CASE STUDY
on coaching the
creative leader
Free 16-page PDF download
www.LetsMakeGreat.com