Businesses have been obsessed with increasing efficiency and getting the most out of their employees, and this goes all the way to how they set up their office space.
So, what might a typical office day look like in, say, 2030? Not so typical.
You might start your day with a 3D 1)holographic video conference with your CEO. Then log into your department meeting via your 2)avatar which can 3)mimic your actual movements and facial expressions. Now as you work, software tracks which

Apps you use for how long, which emails you tend to put off, and the tone of your response in the emails you send. Your body monitoring device encourages you to get up if you’ve been sitting around for too long, doing things like playing the video games developed by your company to e n c o u r a g e a n d reward innovative thinking.
Moving around gets your heart rate up; it might get some 4)alpha waves going to really encourage creativity. And speaking about alpha waves and creativity, companies like 3M and Google are doing that by setting aside time, sometimes between 15 and 20% of an employees work week to work on pet projects. Other companies inspire employees to take naps or long walks or even just work from home all the time. Eventually, we’ll probably move into an environment where we just have virtual offices and robot assistants will answer all of our emails for us. But will such work be rewarding?
Well, think about it. Work has evolved over time. Toiling in the fields has given way in large part to toiling over a 37-message long email chain, or trying to figure out how to keep people from 5)nodding off during your PowerPoint presentation. It’s still toiling.
One thing that will not change, though, is that we still need people to work together to solve problems 6)collaboratively. And one other thing that might not change are work 7)hierarchies. So a little word of advice, watch what you say about the boss when you’re at the water cooler—even if it’s a virtual water cooler.
一直以來,企業都熱衷于提高工作效率,想從員工身上獲取最大價值,而為了做到這一點,其中甚至涉及到如何進行辦公空間的設置。
那么,比如說在2030年,在辦公室里典型的一天會是怎么樣的呢?情況可不那么典型哦。
你的一天可能會以你與公司首席執行官之間的三維全息視頻會議開始。接下來,你通過可以模擬你的實際身體動作和面部表情的虛擬形象登錄你所在部門的會議。好了,就在你工作的時候,軟件會跟蹤記錄你用了哪幾個應用,都用了多長時間,你可能會延遲處理哪些電子郵件,還有你在發出的郵件里使用的語氣。公司開發了特殊的電子游戲,旨在激發員工的創新思維并對此給予獎勵。可如果你因為玩這種游戲,或者做其他事情而久坐不起,監測你身體活動的設備就會督促你站起來活動一下。
到處活動一下會讓你心跳加速,那就可能會讓你的阿爾法腦波活動加快,給你帶來創意靈感。說到阿爾法腦波和創造力,像3M和谷歌這些公司,他們每周會特意留出15%到20% 的工作時間,讓員工做自己感興趣的項目,從而提高他們的創造力。其他公司則會鼓勵員工打個盹,散個步,甚至完全在家里工作。漸漸地,我們會進入這樣一個工作環境:我們只會有一個虛擬的辦公室,機器人助理可以幫我們回復所有的郵件。不過,那樣的工作還有意義嗎?
嗯,這么想吧。工作隨著時間的推移發生了變化。在地里辛苦勞作的工作方式已在很大程度上讓位于折騰有多達37條信息的電子郵件往來,或者是想辦法如何在進行PowerPoint演示時,讓聽眾不打瞌睡這些事情上。……