From scenario planners to privacy guardians and immunity booster consultants, these are the jobs that could become the new normal in a post-pandemic world.
The speed with which the world of work has changed since the introduction of coronavirus restrictions has been breathtaking, even for futurists whose job it is to anticipate developments ahead of the pack.
"Transformation has been brought on by things beyond our control," she told her global audience, including viewers from Istanbul to Tokyo.Even futurists are having to adapt, as noted by her fellow presenter, Swiss-based futurist Gerd Leonhard, who joked that it had taken their team three hours to perfect the technology to deliver their Zoom conference on the future of work.
Mr Leonhard, whose clients include big companies like Google, Sony and Visa, runs a company which specialises in providing futurists to speak at conferences, something which travel bans have made impossible.
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