{"id":40532,"date":"2022-11-24T21:31:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T21:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/articles\/the-five-workplace-disruptors-hindsight-is-2020\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T06:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T06:45:49","slug":"the-five-workplace-disruptors-hindsight-is-2020","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/articles\/the-five-workplace-disruptors-hindsight-is-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The five workplace disruptors: Hindsight is 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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No matter how quickly we thought the workplace was changing, nothing can compare to the seismic shift experienced in 2020.<\/p>\n

The events of 2020, triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, turned the traditional workplace on its head. Overnight, most office-based roles became remote, and millions of workers worldwide were furloughed while organizations and governments figured out how to tackle the fast-changing crisis.<\/p>\n

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Join Chief Learning Officer Lars Hyland’s webinar on December 3rd to discover the five workplace disruptors and how you can ensure they don’t kill you… but make you stronger.<\/p>\n

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But these workplace disruptors were nothing new. There has been an increasing shift away from the traditional 9-5 office job towards distributed workforces and working from home – a process accelerated by the global pandemic. In 2000, just 3.3% of US workers<\/a> worked from home, while in mid-2020, this figure had dramatically increased to 42%<\/a> – and this doesn\u2019t even include the significant proportion of self-employed workers.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a short-term challenge. Kate Lister, the President of Global Workplace Analytics, estimates that 25-30% of us will continue to work from home as part of the \u201cnew normal.\u201d In fact, in a survey by Perry Timms, just 1% of workers<\/a> want to fully return to the office, with 57% preferring to switch to an 80% remote, 20% in-office model.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve seen two years\u2019 worth of digital transformation in two months.\u201d
-Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s not just about remote working. There are several other key workplace disruptors to consider:<\/p>\n