Influence of

Me and We
The 4 major trends that affect or
influence our ways of working
 Rise of mobile knowledge workers
 Burst of new technology
 From Generation X to Generation Y
 Globalisation and the pressure to perform
Rise of mobile knowledge workers
 Knowledge workers think for
a living. A knowledge worker
uses research skills to
define a problem, identify
possible solutions,
c o m m u n i c a t i e t h i s
information and then works
on one or several of these
possible solutions. The work
conducted is non-routine and
often requires a significant
degree of creative thinking
and problem-solving skills.
 The rise of knowledge workers sets
new requirements for office design.
Knowledge work is flexible, and
knowledge workers are far more
likely than other types of workers
to work from home and be more
mobile. Therefore, the design of
the work environment must be
adapted to specific work needs as
well as suit personal preferences.
Especially personalisation of far
more globalised workplaces makes
the whole process a lot more
complicated.
Burst of new
technology
For more than 30 years, IT and
mobile developments have had a
p r o f o u nd in f l u e n ce on h o w w e
work, and research suggests that
this exponential advance will
continue for at least the next
1 5 y e a rs , g e n e r a ti n g f u r t he r
advances in multiple areas.

I t i s di f fi c u l t to kn o w w ha t
technologies may emerge and
i n d e e d w h at i m p a ct th e y w il l
have. However, a few emerging
technologies are already so
advanced that it is possible to
gauge their possible influence:
From Generation
X to Generation
Y
Generation X describes the
demographic group that came after the
Baby Boomers. These people were born
from the early 60s to the early 80s,
occupy many senior positions in
society today. They have been the
primary drivers of the changes in our
work patterns for the last 20 years.

Generation Y, often referred to as

Millennials, represent the generation
that followed Generation X. Looking
ahead to understand how our ways of
working will change in the future, it
is necessary to understand what
Generation Y need from their
workplace and what their
characteristics are like. In general,
millennials can be described as:
Globalisation and the pressure to perform
 Globalisation affects how we work in
at least two ways. First, it
influences the availability of talent.
Simply put, there is a larger talent
pool available. The workforce in
developing countries is becoming
better qualified and to a higher
extend engaged in more sophisticated
service-oriented activities.
 The design of jobs and working
environments is greatly affected by
the fact that the talent is more
geographically dispersed and
culturally diverse. Towards 2020,
people will increasingly work with co-
workers they have never met before, in
unfamiliar contexts and in languages
they do not master well.
 The second way in which
globalisation affects work is the
ever-increasing pressure to
perform. Before the 1980s,
companies could produce goods and
have a secure home market with
limited competition. Now, similar
products are sold at similar or
cheaper prices with the same or
better service, and innovation is
copied by competitors within weeks.
This puts a constant pressure on
how work is conducted, and places
outsourcing and offshoring on the
strategic agenda of any
corporation.
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Social Media Influence

 Social Media influence is  The influence of social

a marketing term that edia on adolescents and
describes an individual's teenagers is of
ability to affect other particular importance,
people's thinking in a
not only because this
social online community.
The more influence a particular froup of
person has, the more children is
appeal that individual developmentally
has to companies or other vulnerable but also
individuals who want to because they are among
promote an idea or sell a the heaviest users of
product. social networking.
Social Media Influence

 According to a report by  While social networking

undoubtely plays a vital
Common Sense Media, 75% role in broadening social
of teenagers in America connections and learning
currently have profiles technical skills, its risks
cannot be overlooked. The
on social networking lack or difficulty in self-
sites, of which 68% use regulation and
Facebook as their main susceptibility to peer
pressure makes adolescents
social networking tool. vulnerable to such evils as
Facebook depression,
sexting, and cyberbullying,
which are realistic threats.
Social Media Influence

 Facebook Depression is defined  Sexting, the action of

as emotional disturbance that
sending sexually
develops when preteens and teens
spend a great deal of time on revealing pictures of
social media sites, is now a thmselves or sexually
very real malady. Recent studies explicit messages to
have shown that comparisons are
another individual or
the main cause of Facebook
depression; the study showed group, is another common
that down-comparison (comparing activity among the teen
with inferiors) was just as community in social
likely to cause depression as
up-comparison (comparing with
media.
people better than oneself)
Consequences
 Addiction
 Laziness
 Bad Influence
 Changes of the Attitude
 High Risk of Global Warming
 Cyber-bullying
 Scam
 Racism
 Obesity
 Sleep Deprivation
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