For your full copy of
the report, visit: www.psfk.com/publishing/future-of-work ABOUT THIS REPORT • 150 Page Report • 16 Trends described within 4 Macro Themes • 64 Best In Class Manifestations of Change At Work • 12 Future Work illustrated concepts • Reactions by executives from leading organizations • Supporting stats and research references • 80 Recommended ‘Next Steps’

KEY TAKEAWAYS The company of
the future will be constantly changing form to efficiently take advantage of the opportunities presented in an ever-shifting marketplace. As a result, the place, tools and systems of work will change and five larger themes will emerge: ON DEMAND STAFFING Skills Marketplace The skills and availability of employees and freelancers will be matched by an Contextual Rolodex algorithm against the company’s changing needs. Quantified Employee Visual Collaboration COLLISION COLLUSION Tele-presence Physical, mobile and web workspace will be designed to ensure critical interaction Co-Creation Spaces between colleagues, vendors, partners and customers. Work(out) place IMPROVISED WORKPLACE Fluid Technology With the flick of a switch, furniture and software will adapt to the changing needs of Pop-Up Workplaces an organization LIVING KNOWLEDGE Networked Knowledge Information will flow across and up-and-down the organization constantly; Social Workflow instantly accessible by anyone who needs it. Feedback Culture CONSTANT LEARNING Digital Knowledge Update Learning By Doing Employee empowered education will help staff own the direction Employee Stakeholders of the company. Career Matchmaking

FUTURE OF WORK SUMMARY The
following summary presentation of the Future of Work report outlines the four major areas of change taking place, showcasing examples from each of the four trends within the overarching major themes listed below. IDEAL WORKFORCE INTUITIVE CONNECTION Skills Marketplace Social Workflow Career Matchmaking Contextual Rolodex Digital Knowledge Updates Tele-Presence Learning By Doing Visual Collaboration EMPOWERED CULTURE AGILE WORKPLACES Employee Stakeholders Co-Creation Spaces Feedback Culture Fluid Technology Networked Knowledge Pop-Up Workplace Quantified Employee Work(out)places

IDEAL WORKFORCE

LEARNING BY DOING A collaborative,
startup mentality is being adopted by workers and organizations that allows for new ways to learn. Multidisciplinary teams made up of people with diverse experiences are allowing participants to teach each other and learn at the same time.

Startup School Merges Mentorship, On
The Job Learning And Classroom Instruction E[nstitute]

Interactive Facebook Application Connects Budding
Entrepreneurs Directly With Successful Startup Founders #StartupLab

SKILLS MARKETPLACE Badges and visual
cues are helping to call out proven talent and skills to help distinguish capable individuals.

Online Badges Depict Informal And
Soft Skills Mozilla Open Badges

Infographic Tool Transforms Media Profiles
Into Visual, Web-based Graphical Biographies Vizify

CAREER MATCHMAKING Systems are leveraging
social and contextual information to help better match companies and talent for deeper connections that create lasting value.

Team-Building Matchmaker Helps Entrepreneurs Find
Suitable Business Partners CoFoundersLab

Internal Social Network To Match
Employers Needs With Worker Mobility Upmo

DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE UPDATES Services borne
out of the e-learning revolution are enabling workers to stay up to date with the cutting edge skills necessary to operate the latest, most sophisticated technology on the market.

Company-Wide Learning Program Connects Co-Workers
To Keep Them Updated Learn27

Software Plug-In Updates Users on
Complicated Programs And Sharpens Skills Adobe Levelup

EMPOWERED CULTURE

FEEDBACK CULTURE Micro-communication tools and
open feedback channels are helping to foster more constructive communication and reveal workplace sentiment.

Service Lets Workers Send Anonymous
Feedback To Their Superiors Happiily

Real-Time Suggestion Box Connects Managers
With Employee Ideas Vetter

NETWORKED KNOWLEDGE Collaboration initiatives are
providing a collective expertise of a diverse workforce creating an on-demand resource and information library.

Layered Into Training Programs, Social
Learning Improves Learning Retention And Progress SuccessFactors

Social Knowledge Platform Facilitates Knowledge
Transfer, Builds Expertise-Based Reputations Crowdbase

THE QUANTIFIED EMPLOYEE Talent management
tools that leverage big data are revealing hidden metrics tied to employee value.

Workers Rank Their Peers To
Reveal Value To The Company Valve

Hidden Talent Revealed Within Companies
By Social Metric Score SilkRoad

EMPLOYEE STAKEHOLDER Flat management organizations
are empowering workers to manage their work with greater autonomy and choose how their time may best be spent.

Management Reframed As Mentors, Encouraging
Workers To Deliver Great Work Grey

Team Members Self-Select How They
Will Fit Into Each Project Microsoft Lync

INTUITIVE CONNECTION

SOCIAL WORKFLOW Cloud services are
enabling team members to simultaneously edit, comment upon and review an ever-growing variety of assets.

Cross-Organizational Social Tool Enhances Collaboration
In The Project-By-Project Economy Shift

Social Network For Doctors Improves
Cross-Specialty Collaboration Doximity

CONTEXTUAL ROLODEX New address book
applications are helping to create deeper connection by providing contextual reminders and prompting worthwhile connections between co-workers.

Address Book Supplemented With Social
Data For More Informed Interactions Brewster

Proximity Based Service Alerts Users
Of Potential Clients And Contacts Who Are Nearby Intro

VISUAL COLLABORATION Cloud services are
enabling team members to simultaneously edit, comment upon and review an ever-growing variety of assets.

Company Creates Google Docs For
Engineering, Design and Architectural Programs Sunglass

Public Noticeboard Lets Everyone Share
And Discuss Ideas Virtually Wallwisher

TELEPRESENCE Technologies are helping employees
interact remotely with co-workers and objects stationed anywhere in the world.

Projector Lamp-Camera Configuration Shares Remote
Desks IllumiShare

Haptic Remote Robots Will Let
People ‘Physically’ Be Anywhere In The World Beaming

AGILE WORKPLACES

CO-CREATION SPACES Collaborative spaces have
spawned labs for initial ideas to be tested and further inform innovation.

Crowdsourced Product Developers Open An
Advanced Lab For All Quirky

Co-working Space Fuels Foodies And
Collaborators With Menu Of Cooking Tools ForageSF

FLUID TECHNOLOGY Compact technology continues
to proliferate, further aiding workers with the completion of tasks while on-the-go.

Modular Smartphone Could Replace Computer
And Tablet NexPhone

Keyboard Projects Key Onto Any
Surface And Fits On Your Keychain CTX Virtual Keyboard

POP-UP WORKPLACE Furniture and office
designs are becoming increasingly flexible to meet the ever changing demands of the workplace.

Colorful, Sound Absorbing Booths Give
Users Privacy In Public Spaces BuzziBooth

Mobile Workstations Roll Around To
Find The Best Place To Work Hive Workstations

WORK(OUT) PLACE Health-conscious designs are
promoting physical activity to overcome the sedentary nature of desk work and increase focus and productivity.

Upright Furniture Line Positions Workers
Between Sitting And Standing Focal Upright Desk

Treadmill Workstations Mix Walking With
Working TrekDesk Tredmill Desk

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE In order
to bring to life the Future of Work, PSFK Labs challenged creative agencies from around the world to generate product and service concepts that leverage the trends identified within this report. Creative innovators from advertising agencies, interior design companies, digital design companies and innovation groups have put forth a vision of the future that will hopefully inspire your thinking. Live With Design

PSFK LABS PSFK Labs is
the consulting arm of daily ideas site PSFK.com. We are a a trends-led business innovation company that provides its clients with ideas and inspiration. Our trends research helps companies evolve their products, services and marketing communications to meet the changing behaviors and expectations of their clientele. We employ a unique methodology to deliver trends research, together with future-forward business concepts and user-case scenarios to a client list that includes American Express, BMW, Microsoft, Target and Pepsi. labs.psfk.com

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