Everything’s changing, but perhaps not as much as we

think

So this graphic popped up on my newsfeed a few

times recently.I like its overall idea – in the

new century, things are changing and we need to

change with them.But I’m not sure the details

shown here really match reality.

For example, is the author of the graphic saying that in the 21st

Century we’ll completely do away with top-down hierarchies? Because that’s not going

anywhere. Pretty sure if we look at business in 100 years, top-

down hierarchies will still dominate business structures.

Or this one: ‘Work-Life balance’ will be replaced with…wait for it…

‘Life-work’.

• Say goodbye to competing for Market Share! No one’s going to bother doing that in the 21st century, no siree,

it’s create your own market time from now on.• But my absolute favourite is the last one. ’30 Years in One Career’ is being replaced by ‘10+ Careers by 40’. I

can’t help but think they have confused the term ‘career’ with ‘companies’.

• I can totally see how people may have worked for one company for 30 years, and I can see how someone

nowadays might work for 10 different companies by the time they’re 40.

• But 10 different careers…? That’s people switching entire careers (not jobs) every 2 years.

• I don’t think we’re saying goodbye to anything on this list. However, I do think the future will be more complex

as we introduce all these new things alongside how we’ve been working for the last few hundred years.•What do you think? Are we saying goodbye to these

20th Century ideas and work practices?

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