FOREWORK

"Crowdsourcing brings together different people, experiences, and perspectives from around the world. We want to be able to tap into this creativity energy provided by the crowd to get innovative ideas for the future of work. Digitalization and networking also mean new opportunities to collaborate, learn, and share knowledge on an interdisciplinary and global level."

Ralph Linde, Head of Volkswagen Group Academy

"The Future of work poses huge challenges – and opportunities for organization. With the next generations of digital natives entering the workplace in a more and more digitalized and connected world, we have to find creative and flexible ideas for the convergence of the digital and the physical space. We need to re-define the 'work space' in the digital context – and eventually the whole concept of work. How could the future of work look like to include all generations in an ideal future working environment or eco-system of work?"

Christian Kuhna, HR Strategy Director Think Tank Talent, adidas Group

"The digital revolution creates amazing opportunities, forging radically new ways to work, live, play, and learn. The Future of Work is about people, their aspirations and their experience, enabled by the intersection of human and digital technology. In this new digital world, we must reinvent how we attract, engage, and develop talent and inspire the best teams. A brand new perspective is needed to redefine the world of work as we know it, requiring all of us to think and act differently."

Gianpaolo Barozzi, Senior Director HR, Leadership & Team Intelligence, Cisco

"Work is in the midst of rapid transformation. Talent needs organizations less than organizations need talent. With our ForeWork Initiative we're adding something new to the discussion about the future of work – we're making it talent-focused."

Bastian Unterberg, CEO & Founder, jovoto

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"With the future of work an ever-growing phenomenon, it’s more important than ever to prepare not just for upcoming changes, but risks. Emancipating the workforce from the regular 9-5, presenteeism, and outdated hierarchies is a huge opportunity, but sacrificing introspection and individuality for open-plan offices and staying switched “on” could create a world of constant distraction and never-ending workdays. Through the ForeWork initiative we can rethink the way we work while also defending human values."

Markus Albers, Author and Partner, Rethink

"The debate about the future of work has grown significantly in 2016 because the way we work has changed a lot in the last few years. How do we increase digital literacy in companies and educational institutions? What are the foundations for a more open and technologically active society? How much are the boundaries between work and life blurring? Where will we work in the future? These and other questions must be answered so that we can adapt to current and future changes."

Raphael Gielgen, Head of Research Trendscouting, Vitra

"Future of Work needs inspiration, innovation, and overcoming barriers - three factors that we have addressed with the Coboat project. Certainly an idea far from our comfort zone, but a concept that stimulates contemplation about what might be possible."

Gerald Schömbs, Co-Founder, Coboat

"We have been dealing with transformations in working life for some time now, particularly the concrete impact on the workplace and future technologies. An exciting aspect of the ForeWork initiative is that young professionals here are directly involved in the creation process. Together we are developing a vision for future working environments."

Dr. Daniel Wagenführer, General Manager Business Development Sales & Service Group, TA Triumph-Adler GmbH

"We can’t design our future with the traditional methods and attitudes of the last century. To create new ways of work it’s necessary to think creative and as divers as possible cross over company borders, industries or different cultures. I believe in the approach and the strong Open Innovation expertise from jovoto to work with global crossfunctional communities on one of the biggest topics for humans and corporates - the rework of work."

Stephan Grabmeier, Chief Innovation Evangelist, Haufe-umantis AG

"Co-creating how we want to work in the future harnessing young designers and talented creatives was an opportunity we couldn't miss out on. We are supporting jovoto in this wonderful initiative to stretch our imagination to what is possible in the future of work, that is greener, healthier, and happier."

Agnes Uhereczky, Co-Founder, the WorkLife HUB

"At Roam we continuously experiment on and test the boundaries of work, so it was a natural choice to join jovoto on this adventure. We're excited to explore what the future could bring!"

Bruno Haid, CEO & Co-Founder, Roam

“Digitalization is the strongest force of our times that comes along with the biggest changes to our working world since the industrial revolution. While new professions rapidly emerge, traditional ones disappear. Lifelong learning becomes key to individuals, organizations have to adapt constantly to keep pace with new and existing competitors. In this exciting times it is our challenge to seize the potential of creative and skilled minds to create work environments that inspire future generations. WIRED regularly delves into the future of work, through our education program or editorial wise. Thus, we are excited to be part of jovoto's initiative that leverages the united minds of a global crowd to shape the future of work.”

Eike Lucas, Executive Publisher, WIRED Germany

“At COWORKIES we empower shared work environments and their peoples. The ForeWork initiative is a great way to start an in-depth discussions with various professionals and build together a stronger understanding of the future work environments.”

Pauline Roussel, CEO, Coworkies