10 ways that could impact your 2016
Transformation begins with Reflection – the beginning of a New Year is the perfect time to reflect. So how was 2015 for your business and what will you do differently this year?
2016 sees many changes within the workplace. Here are 10 ways that could impact on how your year will be:
1. More work, more flexibility – a recent study found that 64% of managers expect their employees to be available outside of work.
2. Distributed workplaces need distributed leadership – our models of organisation, leadership and leadership development need to evolve to align with the reality of the new workplace environment. Leadership practices need to be more collaborative, open and decentralised to align with changes in work and technology.
3. More stress - More than half of the workforce feel burnt out. The cost of workplace stress is estimated at more than 10 billion dollars a year to Australian Businesses. Stress related claims are on the rise.
4. More automation – from caps that monitor your brain waves and warn when you are falling asleep to robots who can now teach themselves on Youtube videos. The march of automation in the workplace is set to continue in 2016.
5. Yearning for place – craving a return to an analogue, tactile sense of place and belonging.
6. Baby boomers leaving, Gen Z entering – in 2016 3.6 million baby boomers are set to retire in the US alone, although many of these will become what is known as boomerang employees, returning to the workplace part-time or to freelance. Gen z – born between 1994 – 2010 are also re-entering the workforce, especially women.
7. The gig economy – Freelancers now comprise 30% or 3.7 million people in Australia
8. Anti-authenticity marketing – consumers are growing tired of elaborate tales of heritage and values that are devoid of any real meaning.
9. Expect to be asked what you are doing to disrupt and innovate in your job – it has been suggested that Australia was in danger of becoming the dumbest nation on earth. As we begin 2016, the Australian Government is launching a major advertising campaign to make entrepreneurship and innovation front and centre of a cultural shift.
10. Don’t Label Me – as the complexity of life increases and our fears for the future amplify our tolerance for jargon and bureaucracy will decrease. The reality is, regardless of our individual differences, we all have different moods and changing needs for the type of work we do and the type of environment that suits us to produce our best work.