Chapter 4The Changing Nature of Technology and Work

Dale Sinclair

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Introduction

In our increasingly digitally driven society, the terms of reference for everything around us, including the workplace of the future, are changing. As we constantly adjust to the realities that the digital economy creates, we continue to hanker after people-centric environments – inventing ways of leveraging these new tools, yet moulding them to suit how we wish to work. We look towards new collaborative possibilities; however, it is technology that will shape and shift the way we work.

This chapter discusses some of the emerging technology trends that will ...

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