2017 Dwellworks Annual Report

LOOKING AHEAD

The Mobility Landscape of 2027 In 10 years, we’ll see a world population of nearly 8 billion, 10 cities with populations over 25 million (none in the US or Europe) and China as a net importer of talent and migration. The top five skills sought in the US economy will be in the fields of technology and computational thinking, caregiving, social intelligence and new media literacy, lifelong learning, and adaptability and business acumen.

THE NEXT DECADE OF MOBILITY

Sources: The Business Insider; The World Economic Forum; Fast Company

When Dwellworks was founded 10 years ago, GPS, video conferencing and virtual work spaces were innovative and on their way to becoming mainstream. Now we’re talking about AI, self-service and self-driving cars. Imagine what 10 more years will bring. We asked our global Dwellworks team to do just that. Speculate with us as we take a glimpse into the global mobility of the future: Experiential Service Prelocation As “glocalization” and the virtual workplace

An immediate, self-serviced, personalized and technology-driven relocation experience awaits us. On-the-ground consultants will be the intelligence behind virtual reality neighborhood and property visits offering personalized local insights. Compliance Following on the heels of the GDPR, other countries will institute their own data requirements. Expect an increasingly standardized global framework for privacy rules with policy, technology and administrative procedures to support them. Smart Data With the amassing of information, data pools will rise and there will inevitably be stronger, more reliable information to analyze . Today’s consultants and program managers will be tomorrow’s data scientists, producing actionable insights, underwritten by powerful data and people- smart interpretation. We’ll have information that correlates, then forecasts the next move, the next home and the cycle time for assignments.

becomes the norm, the lines between personal and professional mobility will blur. Akin to a modern global nomad, employees will seek out a relocation in step with their wanderlust—using it as a tool to explore the world and immerse themselves in various cultures. These individuals will require a quick, comprehensive and scalable product that bridges the knowledge gap between communities, cultures and languages. Intercultural Augmented Reality Shifts in learning styles and the preference for experiential learning in an accessible, integrated format will bring about the creation of intercultural augmented reality. Relocating employees will immerse themselves in a new culture from the comfort of their home through realistic virtual interactions with locals and see how they fare in both commonplace and challenging situations that test cultural norms and boundaries. A gamification version would also be available that tests knowledge and skills.

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