The Corvus | August 2018
The Future of
Work
Nkeiru Nzeka
fundamentally reshape all of
our careers.
In a survey of global HR
decision makers this year (by
the World Economic Forum),
about 44% of them pointed
to new technologies enabling
remote working, co-working
space and teleconferencing as
the principal driver of change.
Advances in mobile and cloud
technology allowing remote
and instant access were singled
out as the most important
technological driver of change,
enabling the rapid spread of
internet-based service models.
Today’s work environment bears almost
no resemblance to that of a few decades
ago. There’s no denying that a lot has
changed with the passage of time –
from the process of job hunting to
the way the workforce communicates
with each other. The differences are
remarkable, and in some cases, drastic.
In the past, it was common for people
to have one job and sometimes, even
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The Future of Work
the same employer for life. Today
however, more people can expect to
have a range of different jobs in their
lifetime.
There is a central driver of these
transformations, and it is ‘technology’.
The pace of technological change is
fast-moving and over the next 15-
20 years, the wave of change will
What do these disruptions
mean for human labor? It
means more flexible working
arrangements, and increased
variety in our lives. It means that
people need to be adaptable to
the changes occurring rapidly,
to remain competitive in the
job market.
The type of work people do and
how they do it is evolving. New
opportunities are opening up and
new directions are possible for anyone
and everyone to consider. The job
landscape is undergoing radical
changes and by 2020, there will be