The PSFK Future of Work report outlines 10 key strategies to cultivate future leaders through employee entrepreneurship and cross-team collaboration. It provides insights from international leadership experts and emphasizes the importance of a flexible workforce, effective onboarding, and fostering a culture of inclusion and innovation. By investing in employee development and engagement, companies can enhance efficiency and reduce turnover.

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Cultivating The Next
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SUMMARY PRESENTATION
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2. • An results-driven roadmap of 10 key strategies to cultivate leaders
• Immediate and long-term programs to encourage employee
entrepreneurship and cross-team collaboration
• 40+ best-in-class examples and 6 concepts that define the forefront
of workplace innovation
• Action-oriented case studies to improve the onboarding process from
Pret A Manger, Percolate and others
• Insights from international leadership experts at Marriott, Johnson &
Johnson, Herman Miller, Meetup and Deutsche Telekom
The PSFK Future of Work Report deep dives into the talent
and development landscape to identify the conditions and
qualities that cultivate tomorrow’s leaders in the workplace.
In return for investing in greater opportunity and education,
employers will reap the rewards of increased efficiency,
engagement and entrepreneurship—reducing mistrust, stress
and ultimately turnover across teams.
Featured in the 60+ page report, you will find:
Download the Full Report at: psfk.com/future-of-work-2016
Access all Reports and Debriefs as a PSFK Member: psfk.com/membership
Get The Full Report @PSFK
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Piers Fawkes
Founder & Editor-In-Chief
PSFK.com & PSFK Labs
In our last report on the Future of Work, we learned how companies will thrive if they can adapt as
the market around them changes. A key ingredient was flexible workforce and dynamic culture.
A few years later and we witness how more and more companies are being affected by disruption
and market change. Meanwhile, a new set of employees - whether they be entry-level millennials,
career-swappers or folks returning to the workforce - seem emotionally and intellectually ready for a
new way of working. They understand that the world is now evolving and that the work will change
with it. They no longer want to just 'come to work' but they want to be part of something: they sense
(and demand) that their roles are symbiotic with the organization rather than ones of servitude.
To embrace a new army of motivated and capable believers, companies need to be willing of making
those extra steps to immerse these workers into the inner-workings of the organization, to invest in
iterative learning, to spend time engaging them, and then to provide platforms that allow them to
elevate new ideas and lead the future of the organizations.
Companies that employ the strategies described in this new Future of Work report will be able to
embrace an open, collaborative and dynamic relationship with their workers. This approach to
onboarding, training and opportunity will help organizations of all types lead their markets by
driving change.
I trust you will learn from the broad array of learnings in this report.
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Cultivating The
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The PSFK Workplace Survey 2016 polled over 140 PSFK readers across social channels, web and
email that identify as working professionals—part time, full time and freelance—to share qualitative
and quantitative information about their experiences in the workplace.
Measuring Attitudes In The Workplace
83%
did not learn about their
company culture from a formal
training or introduction.
Professionals Are Not
Formally Introduced To
The Company Culture
41%
feel they have little or
absolutely no impact on their
company’s broader mission.
And Thus Feel
Insignificant Work
53%
identified meeting colleagues and team
members as the most important part of
their onboarding process.
But They Prioritize Feeling
Welcome And Included
65%
who want to pursue a powerful
idea would leave their company,
rather than develop it internally.*
And Perceive Opportunity
As Outside The Office
*Indicates individuals who actively selected responses to the question
6%
more likely to identify
as part of team
And Gain Confidence From
Colleagues Around Them
Employees who know all their colleagues in the
office are:
4%
more encouraged
to learn at work
6%
more interested in
pursuing new ideas
at the company
52%
feel their managers do not accurately
or effectively consistently track their
career development.*
Left Without An
Internal Roadmap
over

5. Shifting The Management Mindset
Employees
To Prototyping
Team Leadership
Human Development
Top-Down Silos
Advocates
Multidirectional Sharing
Presentations
Human Resources
Executive

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EMPOWER
ENGAGE
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PERFORMANCE
Functional
Employee-Ledl
Creative
CULTURE
Offload Tasks
To Enterprise
Assistants
Welcome With
Immersive
Onboarding
Personalize
Career
Planning
Offer Micro
Education
Foster Mentorship
Ecosystems
Adopt Incremental
Performance
Reviews
Facilitate Purposeful
Networking
Build Constructive
Feedback Loops
Commit To
Collaborative
Transparency
Invest In Idea
Incubation
From New Hire
To Leader:
The Employee
Development Path
Employer-Led

7. Diversity
Powers
Broader
Thinking
Feedback Is
Only Negative
When It Doesn’t
Lead To Change
Purpose Rallies A
Workforce
Experimentation
And Failure Are
Pathways To Success
Change Is The
Only Constant
Transparency
Transforms
Organizations
Mantras For Leader-First Organizations

8. PSFK concepts reimagine
how teams can onboard
employees, expand the
office, and prevent
miscommunication.
Workplace Visions

9. Intelligent
Interview
Questionnaire
(IIQ)
Nomad
Desk App
OfficeMate
Cultivate
Onboarding
Kit
Omni-Review
Tool
Doc-U-Lok
Six Concepts Reimagining The Future of Work
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02
03
04
05
06
O FFICE MATE
P H O T O G R A P H E R S

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01 Intelligent Interview
Questionnaire (IIQ)
Challenge:
During the interview process, the majority of the
power is held by the employer. Both employer and
employee are required to complete extensive
research to prepare for the interview.
Learn more about the IIQ and watch a
full concept video at psfk.com/iiq
Solution:
Intelligent Interview Questionnaire (IIQ) is
a web based AI tool that aids both
companies and prospective employees in
the hiring process.

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02 Cultivate
Onboarding Kit
Challenge:
New hires enter their first day of work
without prior emotional or professional
connection to their team.
Solution:
Cultivate Onboarding Kit allows
companies to remotely assemble and
deliver a tailored welcome packet to
new employees.
Concept created by:
weareyourstudio.com

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03 OfficeMate
Challenge:
Within smaller teams, colleagues
often juggle several administrative
responsibilities in addition to their
professional roles.
Solution:
OfficeMate is a bot to help
manage simple, time-consuming
office commitments.
Trend Referenced:
Enterprise Assistants
OfficeMate contacts the
chosen photographer
and coordinates a time
for a briefing.
Photographer
photographs the event.
O F F I C E M AT E
P H O T O G R A P H E R S
P H O T O G R A P H E R S
CLARA
Request
Clara needs a photographer for
a sales brochure.
Outsource
Compilation
Purchase
1
2
3
4
Clara can talk to Amazon Echo,
use #service on Slack or email
service@psfk.com.
The OfficeMate bot receives
the request and complies a list
for Clara based on information
it can access from archives
and the web.
Clara reviews the list and makes
her choice.
The list includes:
• A better priced photographer
• Last photographer used
• A better rated photographer

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04 Doc-u-Lok
Challenge:
Employees are human too, and are
prone to making mistakes in their
workplace communication.
Solution:
Doc-u-Lok is a plugin that prevents
harmful internal communication by
analyzing messages and providing user
feedback based on tone and content.
Trend Referenced:
Enterprise Assistants

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05 Nomad Desk App
Challenge:
Traditional office seating
arrangements limit spontaneous
interaction and collaboration to
colleagues in immediate proximity.
Solution:
Nomad Desk app creates a more
dynamic workplace by allowing
employees to reserve desk space at
different office locations or adjoining
cafés and workspaces.
Trend Referenced:
Purposeful Networking

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06 Omni-Review Tool
Challenge:
Annual reviews have difficulty
measuring the full scope of work
completed and often overlook personal
growth as it relates to job performance.
Solution:
Omni-Review Tool tracks career
development and improves the feedback
process by connecting employees
through a web based platform.
Trends Referenced:
Incremental Performance Review,
Personalized Career Planning

16. • An results-driven roadmap of 10 key strategies to cultivate leaders
• Immediate and long-term programs to encourage employee
entrepreneurship and cross-team collaboration
• 40+ best-in-class examples and 6 concepts that define the forefront
of workplace innovation
• Action-oriented case studies to improve the onboarding process from
Pret A Manger, Percolate and others
• Insights from international leadership experts at Marriott, Johnson &
Johnson, Herman Miller, Meetup and Deutsche Telekom
The PSFK Future of Work Report deep dives into the talent
and development landscape to identify the conditions and
qualities that cultivate tomorrow’s leaders in the workplace.
In return for investing in greater opportunity and education,
employers will reap the rewards of increased efficiency,
engagement and entrepreneurship—reducing mistrust, stress
and ultimately turnover across teams.
Featured in the 60+ page report, you will find:
Download the Full Report at: psfk.com/future-of-work-2016
Access all Reports and Debriefs as a PSFK Member: psfk.com/membership
Get The Full Report @PSFK
#FutureofWork

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Cultivating The Next
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SUMMARY PRESENTATION
Work
The
Future
of