July 21, 2008—By 2030 the corporate office as we know it today will no longer exist, according to new research by Johnson Controls Global WorkPlace Innovation. Instead, we will be working more from home and our work/life balance will be greatly improved as work, home and social lives become more closely entwined, according to the study, Tomorrow’s Sustainable Workplace: Imagineering the Future, looks at how changing economic threats, emerging markets, and health scares to mass migration and a rise of insecurity could have a dramatic impact on the way we live and work.
According to Dr. Marie Puybaraud, Director of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls, we will have a more technology enabled and environmentally friendly environment.
“Our approach to how we work is going to change as we keep a pace with wider social and economic developments. We will work more collaboratively, as employees we will have a greater voice and be able to help drive our businesses forward. The rise of home working is going to lessen the environmental impact of us travelling to work and the growth of technology is going to allow us to achieve even more from outside the office environment.”
This report is the second of a series of three, produced in collaboration with The Futures Academy at the Dublin Institute for Technology, which looks at factors that will define our workplace in 2030 by using scenarios to define probable futures.
To find out more about Tomorrow’s Sustainable WorkPlace, or purchase a full copy of the report, see the Web site.
