Johnson Controls has self-funded a large body of research on the workplace. One of the results is a paper called “The Smart Workplace of 2030”. The language of the paper suggests that the current trend we see toward community space, with emphasis on collaboration and innovation, will be in full maturity in 2030. The “Key Outputs” are defined as:
- The permanent physical location of work is the Hive
- Work grows through Cloud Networks
- The Eco Office becomes intelligent growth zones where individuals with a common interest meet and collaborate
- Collective knowledge zones form a powerful collective intelligence, which is then automatically scanned, recorded and classified to use in business results
- Our technology solutions are intuitive, embedded in our environment and non intrusive, yet controllable by each individual
- The Smart Worker is equipped with remarkable technological tools and solutions, intuitive systems and solutions