Being Mobile: The Future of Work

Posted by: Meshin | Posted on: November 23rd, 2011 | 0 Comments

We can all agree that the future of work isn’t about being stationed at a desk, tethered to a land line. With tablets, smartphones, and Wi-Fi, everything about the office has changed, if not dissolved. The mobile workforce is taking over.

We’re gearing up for GigaOM Net:Work 2011, a conference that focuses squarely on the future of work.

As a Showtime Sponsor of Net:Work, we’ll be in attendance (hint: look for @alt0163, @hoffboy, @oneumbrlla). We’re looking forward to learning how forward-thinking CIOs and CTOs are adapting to the challenges of managing the mobile workforce.

Beyond the challenges Meshin already addresses by helping the mobile workforce be more productive, we need to consider the unknown. After all, what was true a generation ago remains true today, only more so. Consider this bit from the NYT:

According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet.

Net:Work seems like the perfect venue to explore the questions we’re already thinking about:

• What will the collaboration tools of the future look like?
• Can we make calendar and task sharing more accessible?
• Can we automagically prioritize time management issues?
• Can we unify the real-time communications experience in a more productive and intuitive way?

Connect with us at GigaOM and follow @meshin for updates. If you’ve got burning questions about “the future of work” that you want to ask – send us a Tweet!

In the meantime, check this out. Chris Holmes, CEO of Meshin, talks about The Mobile Experience and how we handle work today:

The Mobile Experience from Meshin on Vimeo.