{"id":6395,"date":"2021-03-29T17:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studioventuras.com\/new-technology-trends-of-2021-according-to-the-future-today-institute\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T23:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T23:36:12","slug":"new-technology-trends-of-2021-according-to-the-future-today-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studioventuras.com\/en\/new-technology-trends-of-2021-according-to-the-future-today-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"New technology trends of 2021 according to the Future Today Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Future Today Institute is one of the world’s leading consulting and strategy firms for the future, with research on new technology trends and how they might impact business, government, education, media, and society. Their studies are released annually, the Tech Trends Report<\/i>, and we will address the 2021 reports below, which marks their 14th annual report. <\/p>\n

In view of the events of 2020, which have caused undeniable changes in our habits and lifestyles, almost 500 topics on technology and science were analyzed, separated by different subjects. We decided to bring and translate here some topics that we consider interesting, related to work, culture and games.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The new hybrid workday<\/h3>\n

MAIN THRUST<\/p>\n

When the COVID-19 pandemic drove workers out of offices around the world, managers and employees needed to rethink how, where, and when they could fulfill their job responsibilities. Having now adapted to remote work and new digital tools, the question remains: will things go back to business as usual?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Since offices will probably never return to their pre-pandemic capacity, the floor plans will be remade to accommodate hybrid meetings between face-to-face and remote work.<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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EXAMPLES<\/p>\n

Work routines have changed dramatically in the past year, creating new regulations and rushed changes, with effects that are likely to last well after the pandemic. Companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Square, Shopify and Slack have already committed to allowing employees to work remotely even after lockdown and social distancing restrictions end, paving the way for the hybrid regime of virtual and face-to-face work. Google is exploring a model where employees work three days a week in the office, and the other two days remotely, working from home or anywhere. It is also important to note that these changes primarily affect white-collar industries – manual workers, employees in service industries, and a few others, for the most part, do not have the privilege of remote work. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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IMPACT<\/p>\n

Participating companies are likely to have fewer commercial properties and renovate remaining floor plans to accommodate fewer employees and hybrid meetings between employees in face-to-face and remote work. The hope is that by giving workers more flexibility, this will improve their quality of life and mental health, and consequently their productivity. However, most companies that are experimenting with these new models have no data to prove this conclusion, so the opposite of this may occur. The changes may also blur the boundaries between full-time, part-time, and contract employees for specific services, and potentially infringe on workers’ rights. Companies will have to make important decisions about which remote work platforms and programs will be used, considering that they will likely play a much larger role within the enterprise as the hybrid workweek becomes the standard.<\/p>\n

COMPANIES STANDING OUT<\/p>\n