Prepared to anticipate and react to change?

Are you ready to envision the future by using all current resources to develop an understanding of current trends, clearly define terms such as "work patterns", "alternative work settings", and "corporate culture"?

We suggest that several primary patterns will emerge based on organizational requirements. Three potential work patterns are:

Potential work patterns: The Tortoise, The Franchise, The Ubquitous Office

So what are the design challenges for the Future of Work?

• The creation, distribution and protection of knowledge characterize the new economy
• Traditional sequential design process will not work in the future
• Develop and foster community
• Sustain Learning
• Provide a means to negotiate the Demands of Work Life
• Provide accessibility to key resources

This requires a participatory and interactive design process, ongoing.

The goal of the Futurist is not to be right, but to be prepared. Dr. Peter Drucker

For more information contact Linda Newton and Associates.

Future Work 2020, Presenting the Future of the Workplace; American Society of Interior Designers

The Twenty-First Century Workplace, Christine Barber

Lifestyles of the Next Millennium: 65 Forecasts, Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia, Fururist Vol. II-01

Part 1: How does your company react to change?