Smart Cities: Smart WorkplacesLooking into the Future

Dr Sumit Chowdhury

Lets imagine the future – 25 years from now

The search for authenticity and humanity – back to basics

The community is our world: We live by sharing, giving, being participative

Social ties are used as a driving engine: We rely on out network

Wellness and wellbeing at the core of our life: private time is dedicated to healthy activities

Technology plays an important part of our life: day to day activities enhanced by technology

Work Patterns

1990

Now

2040

Office

Conventional Working Patterns

Flexible Working Patterns

Radical Working Patterns

Choice based restructured patterns of workPersonal choices dictates working patterns

Conventional Office

Services Workplace

Co Working

Access to wide ranging Co-Working facilities – close to home

Office Ares Essence of Work

Single Offices

Headquarters

Campus

Mixed facilities in one single location creating a community environment

Meetings

Collaborating

Co Working

Essence of work is based around cooperation amongst participative society

1990

Now

2040

Workforce Type of Facility

Employee for life

Contract worker or Freelancer

Entreprenuer

Mixed facilities in one single location creating a community environment

Dedicated

Shared

Multipurpose

All facilities are multipurpose: Work, leisure, entertainment, sport, medical

1990

Now

2040

Health Research

Health

Wellness & Well-Being

Bio-wellness

Wellness is multi-dimensional state of beingPositive health, quality of life and sense of wellbeing

Standalone Research Labs

Shared Labs

Virtual Labs

R&D is now enabled via tech. No need to spend hours in the lab and be virtual

1990

Now

2040

Transport Building Facilities

Car

Hybrid Car

Autonomous Vehicle

Cars will be more secure and safe to drive. More Autonomous.

Facilities Management

Integrated Service Delivery

Experience based Service Delivery

Service delivery will be people and tech focused to enhance user experience

1990

Now

2040

Home

iMaid

Interactive Wall

Smart Wardrobe

House Activity Monitor

Bio Health Indicators

Dedicated Home Office

Body Scan Based Clothes

Nutrimeter

5 D printing

Cloud Based Assistant

Smart Contact Lenses

Integration of work and play

Gamification of learning

Smart Noise Cancellation

Travel to Campus

Campus Forest Route

City Maglev Tube Station on Campus

Automated Connected Minute Taking

Personal Work/Infotainment on Public Transport

Pay-per-slot global expertise on demandUnified Task List Managed by Agent

LEARNING

EXPERT GUIDANCE

TRAVELING TO OFFICE

Driverless Cars

Autonomous Vehicle with Mobile Workplace

eCorridoor

VCR: Very Close Resemblance Avataar

Autonomous Highway Construction Robots

Location Independent Workflow SupportPoor Air Quality

GETTING READY

LEARNING

FOCUSING

Walk into Your Office

Co-Working Campus

Facial Recognition

e-Facilities Management

On Campus Transport

Cleaning Robot

More Organic Shapes

Bring-Your-Own-Whateveryouwant

Advanced Collaboration Space

Physical Presence – a luxury

Augmented DNA

Automated Meeting Minutes Task Management

Bio Sensing

MEETING & COLLABORATION

DECISION MAKING

NETWORKING

Time to be Offline

100% Shielded Environment

Fast Drone Based Delivery

Advanced Ordering KioskBiometric Payment

Powerwalks; Electric Sidewalks

Human Service a PreminumLocally Sourced Food

DISCONNECT

SOCIALIZE

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Management Implications

Human Resources

Organization Structure

Technology

Dismantling fixed office hours model

Transforming Hierarchies into networks of highly specialized team across the world

Adaptable technology to meet changing needs: Longer term solutions and shorter term solutions – on demand - to meet employees adaptability and market innovations

Management Implications

Health

Real-Estate

Work-Place

Providing wellness services in the workplace

Considering a dispersed real estate model of mixed used multi-purpose environments. Fast changes in user needs and utilization patterns

Designing social, cohesive and adaptive working environments, empowering users and teams across different work contexts and collaboration modes

Developing intuitive interfaces – to improve user experience

In summary: Smart Workplaces of the Future

Contact:

Choice: Deciding where, how and with whom we want to work

Adaptability: Adapting our work patterns to meet our private needs and family constraints

Work: Entrepreneurship is the norm

Location: Deciding who we work with and where

Workplace: Access to “Trophy Workplaces” so office is a luxury

Services: Offering real time servies, catering to peak demands

Wellness: Previleging wellness over work

Network: Reliance on an extremely wide network of experts to carry out work.

Thank you

Contact: Sumit@Gaia.in

@SumitChowdhury

#SmartWorkplace #SmartCities