Dr Ben Hamer and the Future of Work

Futurist Ben Hamer predicts the future of work to 2030! 

Key takeouts 

In Oz - unemployment is low  4.1%, with a diverse and multicultural workforce, 

The aging workforce is a challenge, with Gen Z (1997-2012) making up 25% of our workers, but not enough talent to fill critical roles.

There is a great opportunity in finding talent from a large migrant population from India, many currently working below their skill level.

🤖 AI Adoption & Literacy:

• Only 2 in 5 Australians use AI regularly, with 1/3 concerned about job loss. 

But

• embracing AI is crucial—those who do and will will be more productive and future-ready.
• AI will be a great enabler to those that use it 

💡 What Workers Want:

• Pay is the top priority for 71%, followed by good leadership (60%). Flexibility and wellbeing matter, but career development only ranks for 36% of workers

Workers just want good pay andd to not work for a dick!!

🔄 Challenges in Change: #f#ck transformation 

• Transformation is difficult; unnecessary change breeds resistance. 
• Nearly half (47%) of workers plan to change employers in 2025, citing disengagement and overtime burnout.

🚫 Opting Out of Management:

• 58% of people are avoiding management roles, preferring not to deal with the stress of leading others.

The landscape is shifting—are you prepared to navigate these changes?

#FutureOfWork #AI #Leadership #WorkforceTrends #Transformation #HybridWork #EmployeeEngagement

how do you get your team to adopt a proposed strategy that will improve your organisation

Getting people to change their behaviour is one off the most difficult things to do 

Get people in a room and workshop it

1. Define the strategy 

2. List various feedbacks 

3. Get parties to share their feedback and explain reasons 

4. Get them to listen with a view to understand 

5. Change /improve strategy 

6. Educate team on strategy 

7. Get buy In 

An example is to use #referron as a tool to send your business card ,  easily refer your trusted network to each other and track your activity . 

The user has the opportunity to synch this into their crm and follow up their activity .

It’s easy and free and yet people would not use the app . 

After workshopping the strategy and identifying reasons why there was limited take up - rebuilt the UX and ui to take into concerns  

- cybersecurity - make sure the app is safe encrypted so users can feel safe to use the app 

- rebuilt #referron to make it easy to use, quick and useful 

- working out ways for people to use it every day :) 

- gamification /leaderboards 

- get team involved in implementation and ideas to improve the strategy and app 

- continual education 

- continual reminders and notification to connect , send their vCards and identify opportunities to refer people who they know like and trust to each other :)