#78 The Future of Work for Creative Professionals

Career Foresight | Future of Work for Creative Professionals

English - March 02, 2020 23:53 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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Maybe you’ve heard the term “future of work” thrown around here or there, in news headlines or on LinkedIn. Or maybe, this is your first time hearing it and you thought I just made it up. Well, I didn’t.

The future of work is a big concept that refers to all of the changes the working world is currently transitioning through. Typical talking points about the future of work tend to include globalization, online, remote work, automation, AI and things of that nature.

With that in mind, people’s views and perceptions of the future of work can be wildly different, and it’s usually based on whether or not they feel like they have the skills to “keep up” in the future of work or if they will be left behind.

There is no doubt that this topic could be scary for some people, especially if they’ve lived long enough to see whole industries change or become obsolete, or have personally experienced layoffs and difficulties finding work.

But at the same time, there is a lot of fear-mongering and noise about the future of work that makes it seem like a dark force, rather than the opportunity it really is.

Overtime, I want to get into a lot of the topics and nuances related to the future of work, but as a place to start, I want to focus on the basics of the future of work, and where I see great potential for people to thrive, especially creative people.

So the basics of the future of work conversation include these three topics:

Types of work available and how that will change (because of automation, AI, competition, etc.)The nature of work structures and how they will change (remote work, gig economy, entrepreneurship, side hustlers, etc.)Financial opportunity and how that will change (how wages will change and what will be required to make a living wage)

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