Beyond COVID-19: Future of Work

11 Jun 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the future of work and it’s likely a decade’s worth of tech advancement will be compressed into 2020. The virus has accelerated the pace of digital transformation and societal upheaval.

As a result, people are eager to up-skill and move with the Digi-times. Pandemics have a history of spawning cultural and labour transformation. Just as the Spanish Flu and Black Plague shifted ways of working, COVID-19 will lead to an even closer relationship with technology, with the rise of machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics.

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This ‘2nd Renaissance’, as I call it, will shape a new future powered by a combination of technology and human ingenuity. The virus has unleashed a global ‘future of work’ experiment on us all and businesses have had to adapt at exponential speeds.

Will employees return to expensive and centrally located offices or will we continue to work virtually?
How will training and development be delivered, and how do we replicate the success of face to face meetings in the digital world?

Looking at our current circumstances, there are many questions about the world we live in – from what constitutes ‘work’, to modern family life and what ‘essential’ work or services look like. Evidence from our ING Future Focus Trend Report shows there is a Second Renaissance emerging, filled with new opportunities ready for the taking.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FUTURIST ANDERS SÖRMAN-NILSSON'S FORESIGHTS AND READ THE ING REPORT, CHECK OUT OUR BLOG POSTS: 'BEYOND COVID' - FUTURE OF WORK REPORT.

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