2 Future of Work Megatrends

DOI: 10.4324/9781003368090-4

Change is constant, and its pace is increasing.

That is the consensus developed by theorists, academics, and the business world. We haven’t got the luxury anymore of business imperatives slowing down so we can all catch our breath, take stock, and build a new five-year plan to deal with each discrete change thoroughly and sequentially. Instead, top teams and organisations must develop agile and collaborative cultures designed to live with the unknown and progress through the complexity.

One thing is sure, and that is uncertainty lies ahead.

The future way of working for C-suite executives is changing rapidly due to unprecedented global forces. As discussed in Chapter 1, top teams are ...

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