NextMapping™ Future of Work Blog

There is a lot of research that talks about the fearful future – for example  Elon Musk is afraid of us being taken over by robots andBill Gates says that he sits in the middle of the debate  – this article here is more of an optimistic look at the types of futures we can […]

There’s no question we are living and working in head spinning times. On one hand we have major challenges with world and local events (politics, traumatic events) – on the other we have major progress being made with movements led by change makers (diversity, equality, protection laws). It’s easy to get swept up in the […]

The days of the lone wolf are long gone. The arguments that it takes too long to include diverse opinions do not hold water. Research by Cloverpop states that decisions are 87% more successful when made by teams. In addition diverse teams increase the success factor of solid decision making by 60%. The key reason that team […]

A new team-centric structure is arising among businesses and governments around the world, according to a recent Economist article. To be agile in today’s fast-paced, digital marketplace, leaders are shifting away from traditional hierarchical models and are restructuring to build dynamic networks of highly empowered teams. In a study of more than 7,000 executives in […]