A closer look at the future of work in the next normal will be the topic for this post. No one will doubt the future of work for the new generation of knowledge workers who possess competency and are capable of adapting for the rapid changing of the technology and world of business. Across the globe, round after round of COVID-19 pandemic contain effects, from complete lockdown on one end to semi restriction on another. Businesses that do not capable to cope with the environmental changes, all is shutdown in one end in micro economies perspective, and for macroeconomics perspective, we saw massive of foreign investment flow from one country to another who can provide better business outlook for foreign investor.
Let face the reality, not all the workers possess what is the modern or post next normal skill for all the businesses and enterprises needed, this is why it demonstrates in the massive unemployment rate that whether or not the government is providing the real figure or polishing the figure before publishing it to the public. The locals will know the actual situation out there. It is not about whether work-at-home can be addressed, because not all office workers really possess the knowledge worker competency, despite the word being invented for so many years by Peter Drucker.
With the latest COVID-19 variants continuing to make global news headlines for causing many infections and deaths, it does not see any sign for we human kind have really contained the virus spread, it for sure will go for a long period of time or years. You can do a quick self test by answering the following to see if you are really capable of remote-to-work in the eye of the employer who hired you. Are you capable of working with discipline for the full time in the home without dropping productivity? Can you carry your work as a competent knowledge worker and get all the things done without any disruption as usual regardless of in home and in the workplace? Can you justify and demonstrate you are a profit center contributor to keep you on the payroll, instead of keeping the other of your co-worker?
If you can answer the three questions and congratulations, you are for sure to be the one your employer wants to keep, because you are in human resources or human capital terminology, indeed, human capital, instead of expenses. Commercial enterprise and organization have only one ultimate reason to exist, as per Peter Drucker shared so many years ago, it exists to provide product and services for the customer who needs it, and wants to use you and at the price they feel comfortable to trade with you. So, all the commercial enterprises need to be a profit center, because that is the invisible hand to guide and make sure the organization is focused on delivering market needed products and in exchange for the revenue to make the organization continue to have the reason to exist.
It is the same principle for you as “employee”, a product, are you delivering value to your “customer”, in this case, the employer who hired the employee for. As long as the value continues to demonstrate via the given project assignment and you can continue to deliver it on time, on cost, on quality, in relation to other workers, you will be human capital, instead of expenses. So, keep your time focus on the challenges and changes your organziation that need to deal with and provide your value on it. Next normal will go for a long period of time. We hope this post A closer look at the future of work in the next normal brings positive change for you.
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