Office Shock: The Spectrum of Augmentation

WHAT IF WE IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE MORE PEOPLE, OFFICES, AND OFFICING ARE AUGMENTED, AMPLIFIED, AND ENHANCED?
Imagine a world in which people, offices, and officing will be augmented, amplified, and enhanced. Humans and computers will work together to extend human intelligence and enhance work. Computers will replace humans for certain limited functions, but the bigger stories will be about humans and computers working together to do things that have never been done before. Everyone will be augmented in some way, while a growing number of people will be truly enhanced. Risk will intensify as computing becomes more intelligent and criminals more augmented, but opportunity will increase more than risk. Many of us will be cyborgs—and that will be a good thing, most of the time.

In their book, "Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living," Bob Johansen and co-authors Joseph Press and Christine Bullen, will show you how to think future back — asking the questions:
What future do we envision?
What changes are coming next?
What shall we do now, to prepare ourself for unprecedented futures?
COVID-19, with all its tragic consequences, also created an opportunity to ask this basic question: why do we work in offices at all?

Office Shock, published by Berrett-Koehler in 2023, prepares leaders to answer these questions, and more. It identifies the spectrums of choices that must be made in the present to make a better office, and a better future. It will also educate readers on how to think about the future back — forecasting futures, revealing insights, and aligning actions — to re-imagine where and how “office work” can and should be done.

Find out more at www.officeshock.org

Видео Office Shock: The Spectrum of Augmentation канала Institute for the Future (IFTF)