10 Emerging Trends in the Workplace

The workplace of the future is coming now. Changes in technology, culture and the economy are having a great impact on the way people work around the world. These changes have affected both the way in which employees relate to each other and the tools they use to carry out their work. ADP Research Institute has developed a study that reveals 10 emerging trends in the workplace, as well as the needs of employees.

According to the report, technological and cultural changes have always driven the workplace, and now an even more accelerated global transformation is under way. This radical change based on work varies according to regions, jobs and industries. However, the domino effect of rapid advances in technology and massive changes, such as globalized competition, corporate communication and talent mobility, are having a significant impact on the way employees work around the world, from millennials to senior executives.

10 Emerging Trends in the Workplace

1.- Mobility and teleworking will be key aspects. Employees can work anywhere in the world from a mobile device. In addition, they will define their own work schedule, depending on what is most convenient and effective for them.

2.- Workers will prefer to spend their time working on projects that have a broader impact on society, will depend mainly on self-service and/or Internet information to solve problems and perform their work, and will be paid in real time based on of your labor contribution.

3.- The departments and the hierarchy will no longer exist. Companies will globally search for the best talent, and hire exclusively workers for specific projects (full-time employees will decrease).

4.- The employees will work where their skills are needed instead of remaining faithful to a company.

5.- Organizations will take more risks to keep pace with the change of new technologies. Employees will use technology to learn anything, anytime, anywhere.

6.- The need for employees to constantly change roles will require them to learn new skills quickly.

7.- Organizations will use technology to measure the impact of employee welfare. Technology (like real-time sensors) will also allow organizations to proactively adjust the performance of people and equipment.

8.- Social networks will become the collaboration platform for work.

9.- Automation, intelligent machines and artificial intelligence will replace people in those more repetitive jobs.

10.- The standard retirement age will cease to exist; people will retire by choice.

These emerging trends provide useful information for businesses and employers to understand how the needs of workers are driving changes in the workplace. Technology in particular has introduced a new flexibility in companies, allowing workers in some positions a greater sense of freedom, employers a greater degree of efficiency and greater connectivity for both without the traditional limitations of time and place.

In conclusion, workplace culture will continue to evolve to build a more dynamic and productive workplace. Therefore, the better positioned companies, organizations and employers to attract an agile workforce and oriented to a global world, the better to prosper in the future.