Talk to a group of Brazilian innovators in San Francisco on July 25, 2018. What's the future of work, especially in an economy like Brazil's? How should we reframe the issues around lifelong learning, being adaptive, and becoming problem-solvers?

1. What’s the (Near)
Future of Work?

2. Gary A. Bolles
gbolles@gmail.com
Exponentials
Strategies Careers

3. Computers and
networks
3D Printing Digital medicine
Artificial intelligence Synthetic biology Nanotechnology
Robotics Blockchain &
Cryptocurrencies
Sensors/Internet of
Things
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HEALTHENERGY ENVIRONMENT FOOD GOVERNANCE LEARNING PROSPERITY SECURITY SHELTER SPACE WATER

4. Computers and
networks
3D Printing Digital medicine
Artificial intelligence Synthetic biology Nanotechnology
Robotics Blockchain &
Cryptocurrencies
Sensors/Internet of
Things
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HEALTHENERGY ENVIRONMENT FOOD GOVERNANCE LEARNING PROSPERITY SECURITY SHELTER SPACE WATER
Which exponentials will affect the world of work?

5. Computers and
networks
3D Printing Digital medicine
Artificial intelligence Synthetic biology Nanotechnology
Robotics Blockchain &
Cryptocurrencies
Sensors/Internet of
Things
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HEALTHENERGY ENVIRONMENT FOOD GOVERNANCE LEARNING PROSPERITY SECURITY SHELTER SPACE WATER
Which exponentials will affect the world of work?
All of them.

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11. The Three Boxes of Life
Work LeisureLearning

12. Work LeisureLearning

13. Work LeisureLearning

15. Learning Work Leisure

16. “The bottom may be
coming out of the
career ladder.”
Matt Sigelman, CEO,
Burning Glass

17. Lifelong Learning/Work/Leisure

18. Your Portfolio of Work.
Consulting
Day Job Writing
Startup
Hobby

21. CAREER

22. What’s Work?

28. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.

29. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.
Attention
to detail.
Stay
focused.
Self
discipline.
Knowledge of
sweeping
technique
Memory.
Mobility.
Manual
dexterity.

30. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.
Attention
to detail.
Stay
focused.
Self
discipline.
Knowledge of
sweeping
technique
Memory.
Mobility.
Manual
dexterity.

31. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.
Attention
to detail.
Stay
focused.
Self
discipline.
Knowledge of
sweeping
technique
Memory.
Mobility.
Manual
dexterity.

32. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.
Attention
to detail.
Stay
focused.
Self
discipline.
Knowledge of
sweeping
technique
Memory.
Mobility.
Manual
dexterity.

33. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.
Attention
to detail.
Stay
focused.
Self
discipline.
Knowledge of
sweeping
technique
Memory.
Mobility.
Manual
dexterity.
X

34. Remember
where the
broom is. Walk to
the closet.
Open the
closet
door. Pick up
the broom.
Walk back
to the dirty
room.
Sweep.
Stay
focused.Go back
where you
missed.
Walk back
to get the
dustbin.
Finish
sweeping. Empty the
dustbin.
Put
equipment
away.
Attention
to detail.
Stay
focused.
Self
discipline.
Knowledge of
sweeping
technique
Memory.
Mobility.
Manual
dexterity.

38. Startups Have a Series of Problems to Solve...
Customer
Problem
Thesis
Tech-
nology
Risk
Access to
People
Access
to
Capital
Product/
Market
Fit
Compe-
tition
Access to
Scaled
Capital
Adaptive
Compe-
tition

39. Customer
Problem
Thesis
Tech-
nology
Risk
Access to
People
Access
to
Capital
Product/
Market
Fit
Compe-
tition
Access to
Scaled
Capital
Adaptive
Compe-
tition
Startups Have a Series of Problems to Solve...
...and Need a Series of Problem-Solvers

40. Large, High-end,
Multi-national
Mid-sized
Traditional Industry Ecosystem
Small, niched

41. Large, High-end,
Multi-national
X
Automation+Globalization
Evaporate the Middle...
Mid-sized
Small, niched

42. ...Leading to a fat-bottomed world
Large, High-end,
Multi-national
X
Small, niched
Mid-sized

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47. © 2017
Co-working
facilities
Just-in-time
learning
plaforms
Team
collaboration
Remote work
Dynamic
compensatio
n
2-sided
markets

48. Two-sided work markets
Supply
Demand
Platform

49. Supply
(our skills)
Demand
(paid work)

54. Supply
(our skills)
Demand
(paid work)

65. highlow
high
Performance
fit
Cultural
fit

66. highlow
high
Performance
fit
Cultural
fit

67. highlow
high
Performance
fit
Cultural
fit
X X
?

68. intuitiveanalytic
repetitive
unique
problems
& tasks
skills

69. intuitiveanalytic
repetitive
unique
problems
& tasks
skills

70. intuitiveanalytic
repetitive
unique
problems
& tasks
skills

73. Problem-solvers

74. Problem-solvers
Adaptive
who are

75. Problem-solvers
Adaptive
Creative
who are
and

76. Problem-solvers
Adaptive
Creative
Entrepreneurial
who are
and
and

77. Problem-solvers
Adaptive
Creative
Entrepreneurial
who are
and
and

79. intuitiveanalytic
repetitive
unique
problems
& tasks
skills

80. intuitiveanalytic
repetitive
unique
problems
& tasks
skills

84. Gary A. Bolles
gbolles@gmail.com
Exponentials
Strategies Careers

85. Gary A. Bolles
gbolles@gmail.com
Exponentials
Strategies Careers
UNBUNDLING
WORK
UNBUNDLING
THE MIDDLE
CLASS

86. Gary A. Bolles
gbolles@gmail.com
Exponentials
Strategies Careers
Strategic Agility
The Future of Performance Management
Hiring & Developing Your Future
Workforce
UNBUNDLING
WORK
UNBUNDLING
THE MIDDLE
CLASS