Unleashing The Decentralised Workforce

There are many ways to earn in 2020 - from labourers to playbourers, preachers to teachers, carers to sharers.

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#WorkforceFuturist #FutureOfWork

https://workforcefuturist.substack.com/p/unleashing-the-decentralised-workforce

52% of the world’s working-age women are not in the labour force. Employment patterns are changing, work is here to stay but in different forms.

@ilo (2/9) #HR #Diversity

https://ilostat.ilo.org/2019/08/07/persons-outside-the-labour-force-how-inactive-are-they-really/

Pay the unPaid - a new mantra for the Digital Covid Age

#Covid19 (3/9)

The Decentralised Workforce includes :-

Gig Workers
Slashies
Unpaid Workers
Playbourers
the Neurodiverse
Livestreamers
Content Creators
Teachers and Coaches
Data Labourers
Token Tippers
Hourly Experts
Digital Shopkeepers

#GigEconomy (4/9)

Remote Work Revolution?

The physical location of some work has changed, but the organisation of that work is still very much centralised.

Zoom ain't the problem.

How we design our work is the problem...

#OrgDev #CHRO

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As jobs unbundle into tasks, new types of organisations, markets, platforms, and work ecosystems will evolve that are better suited for our needs in the Digital Covid Age.

Diagram from @ljin18

#DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork

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Some questions for Workforce Futurists

What types of new organisations will emerge?
What’s left of the firm?
How do we design work?
How do we make the Gig Economy more equitable?
What does this mean for Careers?

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What does this mean for our Careers?

Some timeless advice from @HerminiaIbarra

https://hbr.org/2020/04/reinventing-your-career-in-the-time-of-coronavirus

And from @vgr on career paths for free agents

https://artofgig.substack.com/p/leverage-curves-vs-career-paths

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Work is not dead.

In fact, our most important work is yet to come - rebuilding resilient, fair, and prosperous societies.

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