A Futurist's Predictions for 2024
Plus how effective is your hybrid work approach
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A Futurist’s Predictions for 2024 — AI, Jobs, & the Workplace | Daniel Burrus
In this episode, Rob Sadow sits down with six-time entrepreneur, best-selling author, and futurist Daniel Burrus. With accurate predictions dating back to the early 1980s, Daniel has established a global reputation for foreseeing the future of technology-driven change and its impact on the business world.
Join us as we discuss:
The transformative impact of AI on industries and tasks
The challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in the evolving job market
Practical strategies for thriving in a rapidly changing world
Listen on Apple Podcast.
Fact of the Week
Companies offering flexible work outperformed their peers on 2020-2022 revenue growth
In our Q4 Flex Report, we collaborated with Boston Consulting Group to find that companies offering more flexibility outperformed their less flexible peers on revenue growth from 2020-2022.
Brian Elliott — Co-Founder of Future Forum and Author of “How the Future Works” — predicts that in 2024, more data like this will emerge showing that companies investing in flexibility see faster growth, higher customer satisfaction, more innovation, and stronger bottom-line performance.
According to Brian, it’s not just because those companies have flexible work policies; it’s that they’ll also invest in building culture, providing manager training, and embedding productivity-boosting tools to enable effective, flexible work.
The result? Happier, more engaged employees, which in turn will drive accelerated performance and greater focus on customers.
From the Flexperts | How to Assess the Effectiveness of Your Hybrid Work Approach
While there’s no question that hybrid work models have steadily gained popularity in the post-pandemic years, the success of their implementation varies quite a bit across industries and teams. With most organizations a year or two into hybrid work, now is the time for reflection.
In her guest post, Flexpert Gemma Dale shares her step-by-step guide to assess the effectiveness of your hybrid work approach, from measuring employee sentiment to its impact on productivity, performance, and innovation.
Each week, we spotlight an emerging best practice on flexible work adoption or implementation from the best thinkers in flexible work. Interested in becoming a “Flexpert” and sharing your insights? Sign up today.
Company Spotlight
ICYMI: How to Craft an In-Person Gathering Program for Distributed Teams
As the remote work revolution reshapes the workplace landscape, organizations find themselves navigating the vast terrain of distributed teams and hybrid arrangements. Co-location, once the standard, has given way to a new era, presenting unique operational hurdles for companies eager to preserve genuine in-person connections.
The key question — how do we foster meaningful in-person interactions in this ever-evolving landscape? And, as organizations grow in complexity, how do we establish a framework that supports vibrant in-person gatherings?
In her Flexpert post, Upwork’s Charlotte Johnson shares how to create in-person gathering programs tailored to the unique needs of distributed teams.
In the Media
LA Times: There’s some evidence that companies offering greater flexibility to workers may achieve better financial results.
Unleash: Gallup predicts that 2024 will bring a relationship reset between employees and employers.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Evolving remote working trends may crimp foot traffic to downtowns.
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