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THE FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE –

April 2015

Prepared for

Are we working today the same way we used to work in the past? Is technology taking over our lives? And our jobs? Are we becoming less human? Too technical? More isolated?

3  These are some questions we’ve tried to answer via qualitative research

14 in-depth interviews

 Running  away  from  unconven1onal,  laboratory  se7ng.  We  carried  discussions  where  people  felt  more  comfortable:  cafes,  restaurants      Avoiding  SkypeJ      Discussing  with  open  minded  people  •  Corporate  employees  •  Small  /  medium  business  owners  or  

employees  •  Designers  and  architects        

Various  fields  of  ac1vity:  pharmaceu1cals,  FMCG,  IT  &  telecom,  retail,  design  

This is what we’ve discovered throughout discussions

Work conditions are definitely changing

Job time anytime

FLEXIBILITY MOBILITY

HUMANIZING WORK

No distances

Work as humans

WORK IN HUBS

Design Sales

Other industry

Actor

Accountant Lawyer

YOU HUB Lateral

thinking

6  WORK FLEXIBILITY

Work  at  any  1me  of  the  day,  as  long  as  deadlines  are  met      Plan  more  thoroughly  the  day,  so  as  to  also  solve  personal  issues.  Do  not  postpone,  compromise  personal  life      Work  in  comfortable  places,  where  one  can  feel  more  relaxed  –  relaxa1on  rooms,  cafes,  hubs    

Job time anytime

7  WORK MOBILITY

 Shorten  distances  between  people,  wherever  they  are  in  the  world      Connec1on  is  borderless      There  is  no  space  limit  of  the  process.  One  could  be  in  one  place  and  several  places  at  the  same  1me    

No distances

8  WORK HUMANIZATION

Call  conferences  are  not  s1ff  and  serious  anymore.  More  relaxed,  could  hear  street  noises,  car  sounds,  kids  voices  as  background  sound  of  business  call  mee1ngs.  Life  does  not  stop  in  mee1ngs,  it  goes  on  while  working      Social  media  allows  access  to  humans,  not  just  works  colleagues.  People  get  to  know  each  other  as  people  which  makes  the  connec1on  stronger  (or  weaker,  in  case  of  people  incompa1bility  L)            

Work as humans

9  WORK IN HUBS

Interdisciplinary  offices  to  encourage  lateral  thinking    Overcome  the  limits  of  my  own  thinking  and  competence    Work  in  complementary  teams              

Lateral thinking

Design

Sales Other industry

Actor

Accountant Lawyer

YOU HUB

So what is actually changing with the way we work

PAST THE NEW, UPCOMING PRESENT

PEOPLE WORK PEOPLE

WORK

Life stopped while working Work put pressure on the individual and built frustrations and inefficiency

Life goes on, flawlessly, while working

Work is part of life and defines who I am

And consequences...

PEOPLE

WORK More freedom More creativity More relaxation

BETTER RESULTS

How’s that possible if we live the era of technology? How’s that possible for people to live more of their life if everything is so automatized?

That’s ...

Technology does not steal the life of people Technology gives it back to them Technology helps people to get back in touch with their humanity

1st PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGY

Technological progress took over the pressure on the human brain to operate with abstract, logistical, control tasks And left room for creative, true human thinking

Technology is IQ, while people are EQ. Soft and genius

The 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration is SO OVER

Now INSPIRATION is taking over space of human brain, grace to technological progress

HOW IS THAT IMPACTING WORKPLACES

From little boxes Endless horizons  TO  

Impact on workplace design

Smaller working areas Very comfortable chairs, even personalized Relax

HOMEY

Impact on workplace design

BRAINSTORM

Impact on workplace design

SOCIALISE, INTERACT

Impact on workplace design

PLAY & RELAX

Impact on workplace design (cont)

NATURE ELEMENTS / OPEN AIR

Technology upgraded design

Impact on workplace design (cont)

NATURE-INSPIRED BUILDING ARCHITECTURE

Impact on technology

•  One single device (phone, photo, computer, tablet)

•  No wires, less plugins, wireless charger

•  Laptop 360

•  Computer that filter the huge amount on info / personal agenda / personalization

Impact on technology (cont)

•  Minimalism (in size and volume)

•  Touchscreens

•  Design

•  Increasing hardware capacity for video storage

No doubt that technological progress has freed people creativity

Technology does not replace people. Technology frees them for becoming creative. The emergence of design follows technological progress Design is the product of the human creative brain, while technology is the product of artificial intelligence

2ND PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGY

Smarter Faster Accurate Lighter Easier

TECHNOLOGY

Homey Nature Playful Relaxed Enliven

DESIGN

done by machines

inspired by humans

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

GENUINE CREATIVITY

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Visual

Art Freedom

Control Order

Abstract

extroversion

introversion

individual

collective DESIGN

TECHNOLOGY Artificial Intelligence

Genuine creativity

THE MORE TECHNOLOGIGAL WE LIVE, THE MORE HUMAN WE ARE THE MORE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, THE MORE CREATIVE WE BECOME THE MORE THE TECHNOLOGY RELEASES US FROM MECHANICAL CHORES, THE MORE TIME WE HAVE FOR LIVING

THE AMOUNT OF GOOD AND BAD IN THE WORLD IS CONSTANT WHEN SOMETHING GOOD COMES UP, THE NEGATIVE ALSO ARISES

It is up on us, the humans, to chose on what to focus Technology will follow us through this new journey

Now you know!

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