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The Future of Work. Looking ahead at trends and developments in employment Richard Donkin. The changing world of work. Where we’ve been Where we are now Where we’re heading. Work and change timeline. 3m years – first tool
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The Future of Work Looking ahead at trends and developments in employment Richard Donkin
The changing world of work • Where we’ve been • Where we are now • Where we’re heading
Work and change timeline • 3m years – first tool • 40,000 years ago – grindstone • 1771 - Cromford Mill, Derbyshire • 1913 – moving assembly, Ford, Detroit • 1956 – White/blue collar split reversed, US • Mid 1980s – word processors • Mid 1990s – internet/e-mail • Today – Web 2.0, organisation of one
Who/what is running the ship? 19th century - the steam age 20th century - internal combustion engine. 21st century - the age of the search engine?
Migrations • Industry to knowledge • Office to home • Collective to individual • Process to project • Work across boundaries • Formal working hours to discretionary time
Changing attitudes in youth • Individual responsibility - looking after number one • Transformations - change yourself • Communication control – empowerment • Making a difference – environment • Source: Henley Centre HeadlightVision
Demographic impact • 2010-2020 - 600,000 fewer young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in UK labour market. • Rising demand for employees after recessionary dip? • Need for more women, more older workers? • Longer lives - Men - 21 years from age 65 - Women -23 years • Need for flexible attitudes. sources: City & Guilds and BERR
Labour force change - projection • Source: Projections of the UK labour force 2006 to 2020. Office for National Statistics
A more feminised workforce? Source: Labour Force Survey, ONS 2009
Workplace failure 15 per cent of US workers surf the internet constantly. Employees in one survey admitted spending one full day a week on non-work related web sites. A quarter of all employees in the US send between five and 20 personal emails every day. Net generation attitudes at odds with employers. Source: The Living Dead, David Bolchover
Health for the bottom line Most healthy quartile of a workforce is more productive by seven hours a week than the least healthy quartile. (source: Vielife)
Two futures The distributed society - networked, wired, global, open, niche players, job ownership, information sharing. The protected society – controlling, GPS tracking, internet monitoring, searching e-mails, commercially secretive, profit driven.
Factors of Success • Finding the game • Building the team • Strategy and execution • Leadership • Shaping talent • Measuring performance • Motivation • Health and fitness • Going the extra mile • Winning well RichardDonkin.com