{"id":25051,"date":"2019-03-27T00:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/asia-en\/?p=25051"},"modified":"2023-02-09T00:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:10:32","slug":"the-future-by-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/asia-en\/research\/articles\/topics\/culture-talent\/the-future-by-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future by the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Millennials \u2013 and how they want to work \u2013 have been making headlines for years. But, as Gen Z starts entering the workforce and the war for talent tops the list of what keeps leaders up at night, the question becomes: How does the workforce of tomorrow envision the future of work?<\/p>\n

Organizations around the world aren\u2019t just fighting to attract top talent. They\u2019re struggling to keep them. Research<\/a> shows that patterns in work tenure are changing. Just last year in France, 20 percent of employees said they planned to stay with their employer for life, down from 30 percent just two years prior. In Germany, the drop was 15 percent (from 40 percent to 25 percent).<\/p>\n

So, how does<\/em> the next generation want to work? And, how can the workplace support those desires?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly what 23 students from the AMD Academy of Fashion & Design in Hamburg set out to define. In an initiative driven by AIT-Dialog<\/a>, brandhem + krumery interior architecture<\/a> and Steelcase, the students were tasked with conceptualizing and creating a common vision of the future of work.<\/p>\n

Guiding principles<\/h3>\n

During several workshops, the students defined the guiding principles around what their ideal work experience would look and feel like:<\/p>\n