Designing the Future of Work
Every organization is being reshaped by AI, shifting talent markets, distributed work, and generational change. This session gives boards and executive teams a shared view of how work will change for their organization, and the priorities and initiatives to design a future of work that attracts talent and creates value.
Ross Dawson has worked on the future of work for over two decades. His 2002 book Living Networks anticipated AI agents, remote work, and open innovation, and he has been named among the world’s top influencers in the future of work.
Audience: boards, executive teams, and senior leadership groups, with sessions tailored to the organization’s sector and situation.
Key content
- The forces reshaping work. The evolution of AI capabilities, demographic and generational shifts, distributed work, and changing talent expectations, applied to the organization’s own workforce.
- High-value human roles. Where humans create the most value as AI capabilities advance, and the AI-complementary skills the organization needs to develop.
- Humans + AI collaboration. Strategies for human-AI teaming and the redesign of the flow of work around them.
- Designing the future organization. Frameworks for organization design, including innovative structures and processes for value creation and talent attraction.
Outcomes
- A vision of the future of work. A shared picture across the leadership team of how work in the organization will change over the next five to ten years.
- Strategic alignment. Common frameworks and language for the executive conversation on work, talent, and AI.
- Enhanced leadership capabilities. Leaders equipped to guide their people through the transition.
- Priorities and initiatives. Short, medium, and long-term initiatives toward a Humans + AI future of work.
Example
The leadership team and direct reports of a major US financial advisory group wanted to design the future of work for their organization rather than react to it. Ross ran a series of workshops that built common thinking frameworks and language across the group, developed a vision for the future workforce, and produced clear short, medium, and long-term initiatives for the company’s success in a rapidly changing world of work.
Related session
Where the leadership team has already formed its view of the future of work and wants to make the design choices, Building Humans + AI Organizations takes the next step: which work to automate, augment, or re-architect, the governance that enables transformation, and the leadership role.
Formats
Short session (one to two hours, presentation with discussion and Q&A), half-day to full-day workshop, or a workshop series, in person or virtual. Part of Board and executive briefings.
About Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson is a futurist, strategy advisor, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and author. He is the Founder of Advanced Human Technologies Group, whose ventures include the Humans + AI product suite and Fraxios, the AI-augmented strategy platform, and the bestselling author of Thriving on Overload and Living Networks. He has delivered keynotes and strategy sessions in 35 countries.
