Podcaster Ollie Henderson On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of Work

An Interview with Phil La Duke

Rise of side projects alongside main jobs. In the short term, a smart solution for employers balancing tighter margins with the need to retain top talent is a more flexible attitude towards side projects. Not just tolerating but encouraging these will cultivate new entrepreneurial skills (which they can bring back into the business) while granting people the opportunity to increase earnings. After all, if we’re insistent on putting ‘entrepreneurially-minded’ in job descriptions, we should mean it!

There have been major disruptions in recent years that promise to change the very nature of work. From the ongoing shifts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts caused by automation, and other possible disruptions to the status quo, many wonder what the future holds in terms of employment. For example, a report by the McKinsey Global Institute estimated that automation will eliminate 73 million jobs by 2030.