Connecting ‘The Future of Work’ to the future of the workplace with Paul Edwards

The future of work is upon us and the reality of the fixed, 9-5 place of employment is yesterday’s news. For the millions of office buildings around the globe, that means a dynamic rethinking of the purpose and function of the workplace.

Paul Edwards, General Manager of Strategy and Customer at Global property heavyweight Mirvac, shares his insights on the work places, work styles and work strategies of tomorrow with Ben Bars on a brand new Catalyst Captions.

Conversation highlights

• What’s worked and what hasn’t in our initial shift to working from home, including:
  • The increased viability of task-oriented work
  • Finding more time for productivity in the margins
  • Necessitating quick decision making
  • Learning to separate work and home
  • How we’ve lost ‘learning through osmosis’
• Using the office as a place to interact, connect and collaborateShifting focus from performance to output and outcome
• Building trusted relationships at a distance
• The importance of interactions in complex problem solving and innovation
• Redesigning the office experience to supercharge creative thinkingThe role of AI and automation in tomorrow’s workplace
• Balancing COVID-19s positive impacts with burnout, fatigue and mental wellbeing
• Transforming old ways of working through a purely digital lens
• Human centred workplace design & nurturing different work styles
• Discovery sessions: Turn rapid insights into innovation
• Designing flexible work: Space utilisation vs people managementBuilding the right habits to adapt to change
• 3 simple ways to make better use of the office

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