REFACTORING WORK FUTURES
Work and place are intimately entwined.
Where and how we work shapes what work we do.
What new environments, practices, rituals, tools,
platforms, protocols and organizational forms
will shape our work futures?
Work and place are intimately entwined.
Where and how we work shapes what work we do.
What new environments, practices, rituals, tools, platforms, protocols and organizational forms will shape our work futures?
What happens to the ways we work when we have digital-physical hybrid spaces, hybrid-companies governed by automation, and hybrid people – virtual characters, interacting as though they’re real? Rahaf Harfoush joins Sydney Allen-Ash and Lane founders, Clinton Robinson and Kofi Gyekye for a conversation on mixed-realities in the workplace as we listen to a futures true crime podcast questioning who’s at fault when an automated organizational system goes rogue.
How will the workforce shift towards climate adaptation? Is the future of work all about climate resilience and/or carbon mitigation projects? Edward Burtynsky joins Sydney Allen-Ash and Lane founders, Clinton Robinson and Kofi Gyekye for a conversation on possibilities for future roles in light of global climate crises, environmental degradation, and resource depletion.
How do organizations remember, think, decide, and act? How can we design and plot time to rearrange organizational rhythms and enable new ways of coordinating across scales, cycles, and tempos? Shaun Stewart joins Sydney Allen-Ash and Lane founders, Clinton Robinson and Kofi Gyekye as we listen in on a new employee’s first day using Quartz – an all-sensing company clock that time-tunes tasks according to employees’ wellbeing.
The shift to remote work has revealed how necessary digital infrastructure is for managing increasingly distributed organizations. As we create new models of collaboration, we have to think about not just technology, but of changing social needs, economic opportunities, and purposeful possibilities. The report is not a predictive exercise, but it does anticipate future possibilities; nor is it a roadmap, although it does reveal things that could emerge. More than anything, it’s a starting point for further discussions.
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Work/Place is an initiative by Clinton Robinson and Kofi Gyekye, the founders of Lane, a workplace experience platform — in collaboration with From Later, an interdisciplinary foresight studio. We’d like to thank all the conversations, individuals, and organizations whose ideas are represented.
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