New Work: Why Should You Care? - Everything You Need to Know about The Future of Work
1. Definition of New Work
Hey guys,
New Work means having a star chef in the office and playing foosball while working, right? I'm often asked, what does New Work mean? How can it be implemented in companies? And why should we even think about the future of work?
Coined by social philosopher and author Frithjof Bergmann, New Work describes a counter-model to classical capitalism. Bergmann defines independence, freedom and participation in the community as values of new work. This value system and Bergmann's established theses have been taken up and further developed by other enthusiasts over the years.
2. Future of Work: Why should You care?
With globalization, digitization and Digital Transformation, and the war for talent, the topic has become increasingly popular with employers. Values and approaches are shifting at an accelerating pace. The term New Work can now be seen as an overarching category of different approaches and models that serve to implement Bergmann's original values.
We should ask ourselves the question. How can we live in harmony with the environment, people, machines, artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization?
3. How Do I Prepare my company?
But what does that mean for you and your business? It is clear that there are rough guidelines for the definition but we ourselves decide how we want to integrate them into our lives.
Check in your business for
Agile personnel & management tools
Agile Organizational Culture
Purposeful Workplace
culture of error. Share Failure openly
4. Biggest Myths about New Work
To make sure you don't get the wrong idea about New Work. Here are the biggest myths about New Work and the future of the workplace.
Agility makes everything faster
Agile projects cannot be implemented "just like that". First, it should be clarified what agility means in the company. Agile project management also requires resources and clear planning.
Self-organization does not need leadership
Organizational forms such as agility, holacracy or simplicity suggest that teams are self-organizing. True, but leaders are challenged more than before. Leadership competencies are shifting to more acceptance, trust, self-reflection and communication.
Home Office is New Work
To create a purposeful and flexible workplace, it is not enough to send all employees to the home office. The home office is only one part of the whole. Organizational forms must be tested for agile work processes to ensure staff satisfaction.
Learn more about New Work and 5 more Myths about the Future of work in my Podcast (German)
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Adam
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