Future of Work

How do you foresee the "Future of Work"?

Most of us were forced to go to school for at least 10-12 years, in order to prepare ourselves for a JOB that would result in some kind of value for the GDP of our country.

Education was made compulsory in Europe & the USA during the period of indutrialisation when a labour force was required to manufacture products as agricultural profitability declined. The sharp increase of manufactured industrial goods, meant that families no longer needed to rely on each other for survival. Indeed, industrialisation favoured family members who were willing to disperse in order to get better jobs or any jobs at all, in order to survive.

The decline of industrialisation & the rise of technology and information industries created a new wave in the way we work, allowing more self- employment flexibility and opportunities to work from home.

Will this bring families back together again? I doubt it. During the agricultural era, families had fundamental reasons to stay together; their survival depended on it. Technology has given us the independence that agriculture did not.

Industrialisation forced us to work in rigid hierarchical organisations using Taylorism methods for maximum efficiency (Charlie Chaplin's movie Modern Times is an excellent parody of Taylorist methods of production)

Technology has enabled us to work within a framework of NETWORKS rather than HIERARCHIES. Hierarchies are very masculine in nature whereas networks are feminine in the way they grow, develop and create business opportunities.

Whereas our survival depended to a large extent on the strength of our FAMILIES, during the agricultural era, and HIERARCHIES in the industrial era, during the technology era, our success is increasingly dependent on the strength of our NETWORKS.

A friend of mine is making a film about the changes the world is expected to undergo in the year 2012. The trailer for this film is very inspiring. You can watch it here: The Time of the Sixth Sun


The world as we know it will end in 2012. My belief is that we are going through a transformation of consciousness where the way we live & work in 2012 will be beyond our wildest beliefs. What is your belief about 2012?