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2020 Predictions for the Future of Work
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2020 Predictions for the Future of Work

Dion Hinchcliffe
Constellation Research, 2020
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As digitalization transforms organizations, technological advances and social currents are altering the workplace at an unprecedented pace. The result: a shifting interplay of opportunities and imperatives. To help make sense of the complex landscape of workplace trends in 2020, Dion Hinchcliffe offers a brief but incisive analysis for Constellation Research’s website. Vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research, Hinchcliffe is a foremost authority on digital strategy, the future of work and enterprise IT.

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Workplace trends in 2020 will focus on enhancing the employee experience (EX).

In 2020, companies will devote increasing attention and investment to enhancing EX – the way employees think and feel as they move through an organization – as leaders become more aware of its importance and urgency.

Companies will enhance EX through design thinking and the use of data to optimize work – thus boosting efficiency and accuracy to the benefit of workers and bottom lines. The needs and expectations of generation Z workers – including their concern with balancing work and life even over salary...

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Dion Hinchcliffe is vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research.

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