Personal Life / Work-Life Balance / Meaningful Work / Enjoyable / Play

Trevor Haldenby, imaginative futurist and orchestration director at Syntegrity

“The future of work will look very similar to what we used to call ‘play.’ Immersive simulation games, room-escape brainstorm sessions, and well-orchestrated creative workshop activities will amplify the engagement and alignment between tens of millions of people as the former iterations of their jobs are aggregated and automated by neural networks and artificial intelligence.”

Matt Shampine, general manager of WeWork Korea

“The world is moving in the direction of where people are looking for universal things. They’re not just looking to make a lot of money— that too— but they’re looking to do things that are really impactful. People’s approach to what work is, is changing. What people consider success is everyday being enjoyable. I think you see that more and more. A lot of them in this building will say that’s more important than making money.”

Lee Seung-yeon, senior communication manager at Microsoft

“It will be a matter of how people use their resources. Of the resources, time will be the most important. How much you can do in the same given amount of time, how productive and efficient you are will determine success. Since humans will have more time on their hands, they will have time to spend more on personal activities.”