[Event] What is the Future Of Work?
Next week the GigaOM network hosts yet another addition of its clandestine famous Bunker Sessions. This event brings together a select group of industry thought leaders to discuss the business ramifications of a given emerging technology topic. The setting resembles a town hall format, inviting everyone to participate and share experiences. This time around the topic is ‘Future of Work: Crowd sourcing, Cloud Computing and Mobility.
I have the privilege of participating and moderating parts of the half day event. One of my sessions covers how advancements in web connectivity is mediating work and labor access. The second focuses on effects of SaaS and connectivity, particularly in the context of the application layer.
Here is a description of the event from the Bunker Sessions website:
How many times have you worked from a coffee shop or from home? Ten years ago that would have been unimaginable, technically and culturally. The easy access to broadband, mobile computing and cloud based software services is impacting the way we think about building companies. It affects the way we employ people, the meaning of talent and how employees will think about employers. The aim of this session will be to lay a groundwork for debate about the changes coming up.
Every employer institutes some element of a work life balance program as a strategic talent retention weapon or morale booster. Whilst these programs will always have a place as HR charts strategy, we’re at the start of a shift in employee expectations around mobility, workspaces and collaborative tools and technologies. This shift will trigger a change from what’s been considered point programs, to price of entry organizational capabilities that attract and energize the best talent.
Depending on your industry, some of this is happening now whilst some of it is still conceptual. But these new modes of work have business benefits as well – they’re not just a reactionary HR strategy to Gen Y expectations. Regardless of the catalyst, these changes will have an impact on operational design, HR and of course, IT.
The event is sponsored by Accenture and Orange. Speakers and panelists include:
- Fabio Rosati, CEO of Elance
- John Hagel, Chairman, Center for the Edge and Author of “The Power of Pull”
- Vinnie Mirchandani, CEO of Deal Architect Inc. and Author of “The New Polymath”
- Lukas Biewald, CEO of CrowdFlower
- Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.net
- Tim Young, CEO of Socialcast
- Evy Wilkins – Curator of HR & Tech SF and COO of DoYouBuzz
- Mary Hamilton – Global Lead, Workforce Technologies, Accenture Technology Labs
A few-first-come-first-serve (free) tickets are also available and I encourage you to request a pass. Email bunker@gigaom.com to make it happen.
More information on the event in this post on the GigaOM blog. See you there!
