FUTURE OF WORK WHITE PAPER

What is 2022 teaching us about the future of work?

Thanks to the collective experiences of knowledge workers over the last 24 months of the pandemic we have become better at knowing what’s best done at work, and elsewhere. Our purpose has been to understand how this plays out in the context of a more flexible work landscape.

Our next generation of workforce is further accelerating the rate of change with choice and flexibility now driving the conversation and talent war. The trick is how do you manage employee expectations with what your organisation can offer.

We have well and truly adjusted our workstyles. Yet we are innately social creatures that thrive with human connection.

Shifting Landscape

‘Work’ means different things to different people. There are different expectations and needs of the workplace. It’s not just physical, it’s now deeply personal.

With 5 generations and a greater focus on inclusion and diversity in the workforce, some of this is generational, but generational stereotypes and biases, such as ageism, gender and culture are diminishing as businesses focus on positive culture.

There is a new demographic currency emerging that is cross-generational – ‘workstyle’.

The next generation entering the workforce are unconditioned. A fresh perspective provided by our workshop participants shows us they are unconditioned to the corporate world and have no pre-conceived notions of what, how and where work happens. They are perfectly comfortable with the fluidity of a real desire for automony and to be inspired.