A New World of Work
What has changed in the world of work and
why should we bother?

Is this man working?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wstryder/493701293/

And is she?
She did go to the
factory and its
machines…
Library of Congress, Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1940

What about them?
Reviewing a document or
watching something funny on
YouTube?

He’ not working, surely!?
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Or is he on the phone with a client?

Well, you get the picture…
With knowledge workers
there is just no limit to
where and when they might
work!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wstryder/493701293/
Then why do living through
managers traffic jams,
insist we come overcrowded
in every day public
from nine to transportation
five… and worse?

Because we used
to depend on
things!
Machines, files,
resources, …

But now everything is
digital

Generation Y*
only knows the digital era!
* Born after 1980

Digital communication and
the world wide web
shrunk the world
Global
Always on
Competitive
Connected

The social web
creates
new ways of collaborating
and changes dynamics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/payalvora/2759463560/
We’ not pushing rocks,
re
we’ pushing information*
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* Over 68% of workers is an Information Worker
US Department of Labor, 2002

Increasing complexity
requires more & better
communication and
collaboration

Productivity is
higher than ever,
but so is the average
work week*
* 31% of higher educated Americans is working >50
hours a week (up from 22% in 1980)

Concerns about energy
consumption and natural
resources

We need to re-think
The way we work!

We need to re-think
The places we work…

We need to re-think
How and when we work…

We need to re-think
The tools we use.

Presentation by Tseard Hoekstra (tseard.hoekstra@infonium.nl)
www.infonium.nl - info@infonium.nl