The future of work is uncertain but will likely involve more transparency, flat and virtual structures, competitiveness, and on-demand work. Jobs and industries will continue to change rapidly as new technologies emerge. Success will depend on individuals distinguishing themselves through skills, innovation, and the ability to work virtually across borders in competitive global marketplaces. The future workplace may involve less traditional careers and more independent contracting and virtual team-based project work.

2. Consider this…

3. Ten years ago there were
no social networks.

4. Ten years before that
we didn't have the Web.

5. If you work in the
web programming, online
marketing, or mobile phone
industries…

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7. Who knows what jobs will exist
twenty years from now?

8. The people out of work today
will soon find jobs again.

9. The people out of work today
will soon find jobs again.

10. What is the
FUTURE OF WORK?

11. The future of work is…
TRANSPARENT

12. No one is going to
just take your word for it.

13. In the past, productivity was di cult
(if not impossible) to measure.

14. Business wasted millions of dollars every year
paying for employee downtime.

15. Now, time and task tracking tools are
revolutionizing productivity measurement.

16. Each employee’s work can
be directly tied to
the bottom line.

17. The more productively you work,
the more money you’ll make.

18. The future of work is…
FLAT

19. No one is going to complain
about their commute.

20. In real estate the mantra is
“Location. Location. Location.”

21. At work the mantra is
“Communication. Communication.
Communication.”

22. “Work” used to be
considered a place.

23. The only options for communication were
landline phones or snail mail.

24. Today, project teams use amazing web tools
to work together from
anywhere in the world.

25. Tools like Skype have made
long-distance calling
virtually free.

26. The world is now flat.

27. o rganization
The world is now flat.

28. Call centers used to be massive o ces built in
rural areas or countries like India.

29. In 2004 JetBlue started a revolution, allowing
700 customer service reps to work from home
with no central o ce.

30. In the future,
location will not matter.

31. The future of work is…
COMPETITIVE

32. No one is going to pay you
just for having a degree.

33. rcentage of
The pe
icans w it h a 29%
Amer
g e degree is
co lle
GROWING. 13.1%
15.5%
1990 2000 2007
SOURCE

34. College is the new high school.

35. And informal education is
more accessible than ever.

36. AcademicEarth.org posts
courses online for FREE
from top universities like
Stanford & MIT.

37. There’s no longer an excuse
not to know how.

38. Competition for jobs
is no longer limited
to where you live.

39. It is commonplace to hire vendors and
contractors from across the planet.

40. One in four organizations plans to
increase spending on outsourcing
by 25% or more this year.
SOURCE

41. According to interviews
with more than 500
executives, the key
benefit of outsourcing
isn’t saving money…

42. ...it’s innovation.
SOURCE

43. In some cases, your competition isn’t even
limited to other individuals.

44. “Crowdsource”
To split a task into smaller pieces and unleash
it to millions of people around the world.

45. Wikipedia’s 13 million articles are all
written and maintained by the crowd.

46. Threadless™ finds t-shirt designs
to sell from submission and
voting by the crowd.

47. Consider ReCAPTCHA™

48. Multiple projects are
currently digitizing
physical books, but
computers can’t
always decipher the
scanned text.

49. ReCAPTCHA works
by presenting people
with two words to
retype when they go to
create a new account The first word verifies
on a partner website. that you’re human.
The second word is
from a scanned book
that a computer
could not read.

50. Roughly 200 million
ReCAPTCHA puzzles are solved each day.

51. Each one takes about 10 seconds,
but in total they amount to over
150,000 hours
of work every day.

52. ployed in the
To s tay em uture
place of the f
work
yo u ne ed to
s tand out.

53. The future of work is…
ON DEMAND

54. No one is going to
guarantee you
a lifetime career.

55. Many businesses are choosing
contract relationships
over hiring new employees.

56. The word “career”
is as outdated as the word “typewriter”.

57. ork le
at w emb
tea ms res s.
ct
oje nning t o am
Pr gi ion te
are be du ct
vie pro
mo

58. Independent individuals
with unique talents get
together to work on a
company’s project.

59. At the end, they all go their
separate ways. They might
work together again in the
future. They might not.

60. “Virtual Teams”
A group of individuals who work across time,
space, and organizational boundaries using
collaboration technology.

61. In 2006, more than 28 million Americans
worked in a virtual team at least one
day per month.
SOURCE

62. By 2010, that number will
grow to over 100 Million.
SOURCE

63. Although home is still the most common
location, millions of virtual team members
work from just about anywhere.

64. It’s a whole
new paradigm.

65. So why should you consider this?

66. Because in the future of work…
Transparent Flat Competitive On Demand

67. Individuals will have
more freedom and power
than ever before.

68. Your earning potential
will be based on merit,
not location.

69. Employers will have access to
a larger and more skilled workforce.

70. Because,
the future of work is…
YOU

71. Changing How the World Works.
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