Course: Building Your Career in Tomorrow’s Workplace

Congratulations on (almost!) reaching the end of the course. This final step includes a few resources which summarise many of the themes we have covered over the past two weeks. …

Jason Stockwood is the CEO of the award-winning UK insurance broker Simply Business. Jason has previously worked for the global dating website match.com, Travelocity Business, Trailfinders, lastminute.com, Skyscanner and The …

Cognizant is a world leading professional services company based in the USA. It focuses on helping businesses innovate for the digital age, and has produced a report describing the characteristics …

In an article for the Harvard Business Review titled “The New Kind of Worker Every Business Needs”, Marina Gorbis from the Institute for the Future begins by saying: “We live …

What does all this mean for ourselves as individual professionals living, working and learning in this increasingly digital world? Living in a networked society means that our connections are no …

Recruitment is a good example of an industry that is being profoundly changed by the digital economy, and that has implications for all of us. In this step we will …

Lisa interviews Dawn Lees, Curriculum and Work-Related Learning Manager at the University of Exeter, about the key steps individuals can take to acquire the skills necessary for success in the …

For some people, the logical next stage from working in a flexible workspace is to actually live there as well. For many entrepreneurs working long hours, it makes perfect sense. …

Next we will consider the increasing blurring of boundaries between digital and physical workspaces. We could argue that in today’s world of connectivity and cloud-based data storage, expensive physical office …

Many attempts have been made around the world to replicate the format and culture of California’s famous Silicon Valley. In the UK, for example, there is TechNation. The East London …

In a digital economy, it’s not just about what jobs will be in demand, but where they will actually be located. They could move within the physical world, or from …

In the UK the official retirement age of 65 (and the associated budgets for pension provision) were set at a time when average life expectancy was in the low 70s. …

Before we get too carried away with the extent of change we are facing, let’s pause for a moment and consider the following: It’s usually a more gradual process than …

What have you found to be good, useful or interesting this week? What actions will you now take to learn more about these topics? What questions, if any, have arisen …

McKinsey Global Institute’s (MGI) extensive report comparing job losses and gains across a range of industry sectors in six major countries concludes that the overall volume of jobs is unlikely …