Level up for the future of work

We are witnessing profound shifts across all industries, marked by the emergence of new business models, the disruption of incumbents and the reshaping of production, consumption, transportation and delivery systems"

Klaus Schwab,Executive Chairman World Economic Forum

THE NEW WORK REVOLUTION

Australia is undergoing significant transformation as part of the fourth industrial revolution, simply labelled the “future of work”.

The Covid19 pandemic has accelerated some aspects of this with remote working and demands for technology to facilitate meetings and collaboration.

Features of the “future of work” are rapid digitisation and automation, increasing and changing demand for services, evolving expectations, greatly accelerated access to large bodies of information and broader labour market disruption.

This is our new normal.

KEY TO READINESS

Most organisations are still scrambling to understand exactly what the long-term impacts will be and how to respond strategically to unknown demands.

The nature of how organisations interact with its workforce, clients, collaborators, and competitors will continue to change rapidly.

However, there are practical things that can be done right now that will help any organisation regardless of how directly they wish to address the strategic issues posed by the future of work.

People, Process and Technology

    Technology as a tool to improve efficiency and effectiveness is a third industrial revolution approach. Even though the future of work will see artificial intelligence, automation and big data change how work is done, the technology you have right now will be improved by pruning unnecessary steps, focusing on clear organisation objectives, being portable, informative and insightful. These minimal steps will lend themselves to an increasingly digitised and automated world.

    The future of work will involve the intersection of people and technology. Flourishing in this environment will involve better managing social and cultural impacts as well as challenging training, skills and resourcing models that organisations have always used. Disruption will likely accelerate this process, but the tools companies have always used to manage disruption will prove themselves again. Transparency, communication and commitment to people will stand organisations in good stead.

    At the end of the day, every organisation needs to focus on its own sustainability or profitability. There will invariably be a number of pathways and opportunities for organisations to focus on their business capabilities while also increasing their capacity to compete and flourish in the long term.

    Level Up takes the future of work seriously and when we talk with you about how we can help solve the problem you have at hand, we underpin our advice and approach with a view to how best to improve your organisation’s capabilities and opportunities to smooth the pathway to the future of work.

We define success as bringing together each component of business creating synergy across its people, processes and technology.

Our core goal is to allow our clients to take control of the future of their business.

Our success model describes how we do this and the outcomes we seek to achieve within each of our services areas.