A look at five trends set to drive change in the workplace

1. BEYOND THE OFFICE
Trends impacting the workplace
By: William Higham
For: The Hub ‘Re-Work’
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2. NEXT BIG THING
Trend Consultancy
Reports
Workshops
Talks
Research
Training
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3. TECHNOLOGY TREND 1
Social Networking
> MORE CONNECTIONS THAN EVER
> WEAK TIES BEST AT WORK:
FIND ENABLERS, CONNECTORS
“If organizational barriers to the use of
social technologies diminish, they could
form the core of entirely new business
processes that may radically improve
performance” McKinsey Global Institute
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4. TECHNOLOGY TREND 2
Mobile
> EVOLUTION: DESKTOPS LAPTOP
TABLETS SMARTPHONES
> CONTROL: VIEWING, NAVIGATING
• Yet today’s office environment typically
features fixed desktop and landline
• Creates temporal inefficiency in today’s
24 hour global business environment
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5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC TREND 1
Work-Life Balance
> MORE FAMILY PRIORITY
> WORK SHOULDN’T INTERFERE
WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY
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6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC TREND 1
Entrepreneurs
> More entrepreneurs =>
 reassessment of ‘normal’
 worker / environment
> Necessity entrepreneurs

> IF RETURN: ENHANCE BUSINESS
> IF NOT: DRIVE HIGHER QUALITY
OUTSOURCING
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7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC TREND 3
Millennials
TECH EMPOWERED
THINKING LESS LINEAR
FLATTER FAMILY HIERACHY
Will struggle in today’s
office environment:
traditional structures,
hierarchies, reg hours,
required attendance
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8. SOLUTIONS
Mobile home
working + re-location +
Social networking project responsibility +
new business opps + self-sufficiency
more efficient suppliers
Millennials temporal
& spatial flexibility +
flatter hierarchies +
Work life balance results-based rewards
temporal & spatiaL
flexibility
Entrepreneurs
outsourcing new disciplines
+ project responsibility +
flatter hierarchies
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9. THANK YOU
William Higham, Founder, The Next Big Thing
Fixed: 020 3539 1398 Mobile: 07710 452962
Address: The Hub, 5 Torrens St, EC1V 1NQ
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