One Of The Most Common Questions I Get Asked
Jacob Morgan
5x Best-Selling Author, Futurist, & Keynote Speaker. Founder of Future Of Work Leaders (Global CHRO Community). Focused on Leadership, The Future of Work, & Employee Experience
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What is the future of work?
I’m asked this question repeatedly online, and after every speech I give. But it’s the wrong question to ask.
When we ask to define the future of work, we remove ourselves as active participants and creators. Instead of being something we can help design, create, and build, we assume the future is something that happens to us.
Here’s the truth: the future of work is whatever you help shape it to be.
Too often we fall into the trap of thinking of the future of work as a single passive thing--the one outcome that will affect us all.
But the future has many different possibilities and potential outcomes shaped by me, you, and everyone else.
With that mindset, the future of work can be whatever you want it to be. The future of work is being shaped right now. The future is ripe for disruption and changes to create a world where employees are engaged and empowered and organizations serve their communities, customers, and employees. This is your chance to be a part of it.
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No matter what happens in the future of work, I do know this: the future of work is human. It is full of possibility, opportunity, and transformation. We’ll have technology, but more importantly, we’ll have people innovating, building relationships, and creating.
We all have a critical role in shaping the future of work. Whether we like it or not, the future is coming--we might as well proactively get involved to shape it into what we want it to be.
So what is the future of work? You tell me!
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2yGreat share and message Jacob Morgan. The future is what we all collectively, co-share, co-create, co-learn, and co-build it to be. #Blessings!
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Electeical Engineer at BHL CERAMICS ( PERLA Sanitary ware)
2yGreat piece! I love
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2yThe future is now. Let me explain - in many sectors the pace of change is so rapid, it makes people involved feel uncomfortable. Rather than with moment to note when the massive change happened, it’s mostly incremental changes that shift our understanding forward. Technology has helped to fast forward changes in many sectors and as Jacob notes, those didn’t happen without human intervention. Hence we the humans decide what the future will be, based on our understanding of where we want to go. Unless we know where to go, we end up anywhere or just where we wanted to. At times it may be tricky to feel when we are there. I recommmend using mapping technique pioneered by a friend, Simon Wardley. Working through your aspirations help to raise situational awareness and from there on build your roadmap. Is that too futuristic to some or are you using such mental models already?