Future Worker 2015: Extreme Individualization

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27 March 2006

Diane Morello Betsy Burton

Future Worker 2015 will individualize his or her work environment by assembling personally selected tools, information and learning resources, and by tapping into wide-ranging social networks to enhance performance, productivity and trust.

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Table of Contents

What to Do Today

Analysis

1.0

Introduction

1.1

Changes in Work Behavior Through 2015

2.0

From Mass Customization to Extreme Individualization

2.1		Future Worker 2015 Environment Takes Shape
2.2		Young People's Use of Consumer Technology
2.3		Baby Boomer Impact: Multiple Careers, Continuously Creative
2.4		The Technology Elite Leads the Way

3.0

Implications of the Future Worker 2015 Scenario

3.1		Implication: The Rise of the Global Village
3.2		Individuals Shape Media: "We Media"
3.3		Awareness of Global Similarities, Disparities Increases
3.4		Inventiveness Spreads into Developing Economies
3.5		Trusted Peer Networks Become the Glue
3.6		Workplace and Organizational Dynamics Change

4.0

What Business and IT Leaders Must Do

4.1		Map Types of Work to the Knowledge and Learning Required
4.2		Count on More Collaboration, Less Alone Time
4.3		Capitalize on Social Networks

5.0

Global and Economic Trends Affecting Worker Behavior

5.1		. Mythbuster Scenario 1: Government-Funded Benefits Go Bankrupt by 2015
5.2		Mythbuster Scenario 2: Catastrophic Event

6.0

Conclusions and Recommendations

6.1

Impact Predictions for 2015

Recommended Reading

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	The Shift Toward Extreme Individualization

	Figure 2.	To What Extent Do You Custom-Design Your Own Work Environment?

	Figure 3.	Will Business Adapt to the Future Worker 2015 Model?

	Figure 4.	What Will Be the Biggest Driver of the Future Worker 2015?

	Figure 5.	Portable Media Ownership, Ages 8 to 18 (United States)

	Figure 6.	Computer Activity Among 8- to 18-Year-Olds, 1999 vs. 2004 (in Minutes per Day)

	Figure 7.	What Child Bloggers Are Willing to Reveal

	Figure 8.	The Future Worker: Innovation vs. Efficiency

	Figure 9.	Collaboration Rising, Solo Time Waning

	Figure 10.	Impact Predictions for 2015

Remote and Mobile Working
Organizational Change Management
IT and the Economy
Virtual Workplace
Knowledge Support

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