Flex Index 6/6/23: 4 Predictions for Flexible Work in 2030
Predictions from Stanford's Nick Bloom
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Blog: What Will Work Look Like in 2030? 4 Predictions from Nick Bloom.
Nick Bloom is a Professor at Stanford University and one of the foremost thinkers on the future of work. Nick joined the Flex Perspectives podcast to share his predictions on everything from the prevalence of remote work to where certain types of jobs might be located globally.
In this blog, we’ll highlight four of Nick’s predictions, including:
Which flexible work model will dominate in 2030
The impact of technology on remote work
The biggest risks to growth of Fully Remote work
The future of commercial real estate
These insights shed light on the rapidly changing landscape of work and how impactful flexible work will be on so many parts of the global economy.
ICYMI: How People Analytics Shaped LinkedIn's Flexible Work Strategy | Shujaat Ahmad
Shujaat Ahmad is the Director of People Analytics - Future of Work at LinkedIn. Shujaat shares how the People Analytics function was built and how the team’s work shaped LinkedIn’s flexible work approach. We cover:
What is People Analytics? Shujaat defines People Analytics and shares the vision behind it.
Flexible Work @ LinkedIn: Shujaat recaps how People Analytics and the executive team collaborated to define LinkedIn’s flexible work policy.
Tips for the People Analytics Function: Shujaat provides practical tips for organizations aiming to develop robust People Analytics capabilities, including structuring the team, identifying key enablers, avoiding common pitfalls, and measuring the effectiveness of your People Analytics model.
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Coming June 13th: Tech Industry Deep Dive
While tech companies are often at the forefront of new trends, not all trends have staying power, and the trend of the moment worth watching is Fully Remote work flexibility. While larger tech companies like Salesforce and Meta made remote work a hallmark of the pandemic era, the tide appears to be shifting.
So what's happening in tech? Is tech on the leading edge of Fully Remote companies becoming the norm, or will tech gradually shift more toward hybrid work as larger companies reevaluate their policies?
On June 13th, we’ll dive into the current state of work location flexibility in the tech industry and how flexibility is evolving, with a particular emphasis on trends by size of company and where Fully Remote work is most popular. From that analysis, we can start to draw some early conclusions on where tech may be headed and how that might impact Fully Remote adoption in other industries.
Fact of the Week
Large Companies are Significantly More Likely to Adopt Structured Hybrid
63% of companies under 500 employees are Fully Flexible vs. 14% Structured Hybrid. The percentages are almost the opposite for companies with 50k+ employees. 13% of companies with 50k+ employees are Fully Flexible vs. 66% Structured Hybrid.
In the Media
Axios: While larger tech companies are increasingly leaning into Structured Hybrid, Yelp is leaning the other direction with only one office in the US.
NY Post: New York City will conduct a new sweeping study on the impact of hybrid work on transportation and the economy using cell phone data to understand people's movements.
Fortune: As employers increasingly land on hybrid work models, goal-oriented management becomes increasingly important vs. management by sight.
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