Nic Chambers, Director of Michael Page Malaysia expressing his views on Gig economy and Gig workforce.
Gig Economy – Futurising the Future
Everyone recognizes that digital disruption is happening and many organizations across the different sectors are undergoing some form of business transformation and discussing the future of work. In PwC survey on the Workforce of the Future, carried out in China, India, Germany, the UK and the US, identified 5 megatrends that will transform the way people work over the next 5 to 10 years ie. Rapid urbanization, Demographic shifts, Shifts in Global Economic power, Resource scarcity & Climate change and Technological breakthroughs. Disruption is now the norm. I prefer to talk about these trends impacting on workplace and workforce as the ‘Work of the Future’ rather than the more commonly used term “The Future of Work”. I think the former terminology is far more optimistic (and I think more accurate) than the latter. It implies a shift in how work will be performed in the future, rather than questioning whether work has a future and will still exist. Full time work does not ‘need’ ...
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