This video[1] recently came across my in box and I was fascinated by the facts around the growth of technology in last 10- 20 years, and more importantly what is has meant for the way we communicate, do our jobs and live our lives. Whilst acutely aware that the internet has dramatically changed the face of the workplace, the extent of this change and the potential of what it means for the next 5 years can only be truly understood when we consider the way things were.
Some of the most thought provoking facts for me were:
· The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004
· The US department of labour estimates that today’s learners will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38
· 1 in 2 employees have been with their employer less than 5 years
· 31 billion Google searches every month, in 2006 this number was 2.7 billion
· Text messaging has been around since Dec 1992
· Today the number of text messages sent and received exceed the population
· There are 540,000 words in the English Language, 5 X more as there was at Shakespeare’s time.
More information at a greater pace communicated in new ways with new words....... What does this mean for your employees, your organisation and you now and in 5 years time?
[1] created by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Brenman
