Flexible open space provides the agility needed for the future of work in JLL’s Seattle office. Image courtesy of JLL.
Traditional workplace design concepts won’t cut it in the future of work. Digital technologies, like cloud computing, mobile applications and artificial intelligence (AI), are transforming the way we work. Emerging human-to-machine collaboration is dramatically changing how we work. New technologies, combined with changing workforce demographics, will continue to revolutionize why and how we work—and the types of workers doing the work. To address these workplace challenges, most companies will require new and innovative workplace design concepts. The essential enabling platform? The digital workplace ecosystem.
In nature, a healthy and sustainable ecosystem is an environment in which diverse organisms thrive and interact. Likewise, a successful digital workplace ecosystem offers a dynamic network of spaces and environments where employees and on-demand workers will feel engaged, effective and supported by the right digital and physical resources.
Successful digital workplace transformation strategy will be vital to future organizational survivaland success. Corporate leaders the world over are seeing how a vibrant digital workplace ecosystem can fuel productivity and satisfaction, with major corporations like IBM and Microsoft to Accenture, Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble transforming their workplaces in radical ways.