Four-day Workweeks and 8 Other Trends That May Shape 2024 and Beyond

In 2023, organizations continued to face significant challenges, from inflation to geopolitical turmoil to controversy over DEI and return-to-work policies - and 2024 promises more disruption. Gartner researchers have identified nine key trends, from new and creative employee benefits to the collapse of traditional career paths, that will impact work this year. Employers who successfully navigate these will retain top talent and secure a competitive advantage for themselves.
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00:00 Are you and your team ready for these game changers?
00:27 Trend 1 - Work costs
00:59 Trend 2 - AI and work
01:28 Trend 3 - Four-day workweeks
01:53 Trend 4 - Conflict resolution
02:15 Trend 5 - GenAI
02:46 Trend 6 - Skills-based hiring
03:11 Trend 7 - Climate change
03:37 Trend 8 - DEI
04:08 Trend 9 - Career paths
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[@AVKBA]

Thank you HBR

[@arnelbergosa9575]

❤ Thank you team

[@R080770]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:27 🌟 *Trends Shaping Work in 2024*
- Nine trends shaping work in 2024,
- Organizations addressing the costs of work, AI creating workforce opportunities, emergence of four-day work weeks, importance of employee conflict resolution skills, gen AI experiments leading to lessons, skills overtaking degrees, climate change protection as an employee benefit, DEI becoming embedded in work culture, collapse of traditional career stereotypes.
01:52 🔄 *Shifting Work Dynamics*
- Emergence of four-day work weeks,
- Pilots showing productivity and well-being benefits, preference among workers, potential shift from radical to routine.
02:51 🎓 *Skills vs. Degrees in Hiring*
- Skills overtaking degrees in hiring,
- Organizations embracing skills-based hiring, diminishing reliance on college degrees, breaking the paper ceiling.
03:17 🌍 *Climate Change Impact on Workforce*
- Climate change protection as a new employee benefit,
- Increasing visibility of climate change impacts, inclusion of disaster response plans in employee value proposition.
03:46 🌐 *Embedding DEI in Work Culture*
- DEI becoming more embedded in work culture,
- Shifting from siloed operations to embedded practices, focusing on achieving high performance through DEI.
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[@D_veraz]

The most relevant is skills to work, 4 day week depends on the job.

[@RobertSmith-ch9jj]

I highly doubt the 4-day workweeks becomes standard anytime soon. Many small business owners are going to be unwilling and/or unable to move to a 4-day workweek.

[@mi5tafreeman]

Normies that work low-entry positions won't ever get 4 day work weeks, but it is nice for them to dream about it. 😂

[@walkerw01]

DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion. ✌️

[@doubleoseven273]

Discrimination, Exclusion, & Indoctrination (DEI)

[@mi5tafreeman]

Wrong. Commercial Real Estate Recession, Return to Office & record high unemployment.

[@D_veraz]

Thank you, didnt know what it meant. No wonder they didnt explain it.