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Updated: December 2012Icons: The Noun Project
SABY
Pattern-recognizing predictions
Envisioningthe future
workspaceFOR 2013 AND BEYOND
HUMAN / INFORMATION
HUMAN / MACHINE
HUMAN / SPACE
HUMA
N / HU
MAN
SCREENS
ROBOTICS
AI / AUTOMATION
NATURAL USER INTERFACES
Generates ideas, clarifies the complex, connects concepts and explores the boundaries created by technology - like those of space and time.
Organizes, inspires and motivates a team or a taskforce, distrib-uting responsibilities into different types of workforces. Offers means to manipulate information and human interactions.
Physically manipulates material, for example on the fac-tory floor, but can also remotely and instantly interact
with complex infrastructure dealing with data analysis.
Manipulates the information space, organizing the order of priorities that enable a steady and natural
flow inside all the forms of the office space.
CROWDS
TELEPRESENCE
Coworking hubs
Data organizing AI assistants
Algorithmic report generation
Algorithmic content creation
Machine learning
Proactive contextual agents
Automatedworkplace monitoring
Opportunity-identifying algorithms
Warehouse bots
Roboticworkspaceassistants
Fully automatedpoint-to-point shipping
Personal robotic avatars
“Seeing screens” (embedded cameras & touch)
Retinal screens
Wall-sized screensElectronic ink wallpapers
BYOD infrastructureplatforms
Curved displays
Foldable LCDsGesture recognition
Conversational interfacesCognitive enhancement
technologies
Real-time sentiment analysis
Non-symbolic directinformation manipulation
Immersive 3D touch interfaces
Smart surfaces
Wearable computers
Head-mounted displays
Spatial navigation assistants
Exoskeletons
Restorative technologiesfor disabled individuals
AI workspace managers
Algorithm marketplaces
Conjured workspaces
Information-digitalizingportable displaysInstant 3D manufacturing
Flexible, bendable full-motionelectrowetting displays
Online/offline informationmanagement platforms
Flexible, transparentgraphene computing displays
Paper-based, erasable,thermo-sensitive digital displays
Electronic ink sheets
Virtual work spaces
Telepresence robots
Ultra high-definitiontelepresence platforms
Volumetrictelepresence platforms
Global crowdsourcingplatforms
Inter-office crowdsourcing & microtask platforms
Automated informationmanagement systems
HR analytics & intelligence platforms
Cloudsourcing platforms
Quantified reputation trails
Preemptive applicanttracking platforms
20% engineering time and interdisciplinarystudies become part of job descriptions
Dispersed workforces – organized like ant colonies –enable startups to fill structurally expensive gaps
Big data analysis and literacy becomesinherent to the human decision making process
Workless business management concentratedifferent spheres in physically disconnected groups
Embedded learning becomes a fundamental skilladapted for business profiles across the board
Top-end creativity becomes invaluablein the age of attention spam
Gaming points and scores are used to track work progress,enhance employer's participation and engagement
Programming proficiency becomes increasinglyimportant when dealing with machines and AI.
The expansion of online interactions and content creationresults in an always-updated CV (beyond the owner’s control)
Technology-enhanced freelance work begins buildinga “Gig Economy” where skills are divided between parallel
projects (gigs) and different space-times
The human energy saved through automationis used to boost intellect and creativity
The DIY economy caters to independentand self-sustaining businesses
Robot programming becomes an inherent skill to copewith the changing nature of automation and infrastructure
Data analysis opens new paths of information interpretation
Offline and online interactions become intermodal,merging the physical space with the informationlayer generated by each business
Screen literacy becomes an life skill for all workers,while the labourer needs to particularly adapt to this change.
Virtual world workers
Augmented reality interfaces
Virtual reality glasses
Holographic screens
Virtual realitymeeting spaces
Elastic physical resource pooling
Projected virtual avatars
Embodiedrobotic avatars
Workspace sharing platforms
LIQUID SPACES
Semi-automatedQ&A platforms
Open robot frameworks
Microtask userranking platforms
Micro-scale instant manufacturing
ON/OFF INFORMATION BRIDGING
Contextual naturallanguage processing
Envisioning Technologyenvisioningtech.com/work/
Envisioning the future workspaceOffices as we know them are unlikely to disappear in our lifetimes. However, these spaces where we convene ideas, join forces, manage and learn, will morph as ever-accelerating change profoundly alters the very nature of work. As will the infrastructure in which work is prac-ticed. Ubiquitous connectivity devours time and space while the essence of our interaction with the workspace - our peers, the information that surrounds us, and the machines we use to communicate - is irreversibly transformed.
This report and the accompanying map examines the technologically changing workspace - and how workers will adopt to it. It also exempli-fies four distinct professional archetypes to frame the impact of this cultural and technological transformation: the leader, the penpusher, the creative nomad and the labourer.
THE LEADER THE PENPUSHER
THE LABOURERTHE CREATIVE NOMAD