This presentation explores the new ways we are working and the implications for business and for workers. Each theme has 4 trends and each trend is supported by 4 examples, supporting statistics and implications defined by PSFK Labs team.

6. Startup School Merges Mentorship, On The Job Learning
And Classroom Instruction
E[ns(tute]
this

7. Interactive Facebook Application Connects Budding
Entrepreneurs With Successful Startup Founders
#StartupLab

9. Online Badges Depict Informal And Soft Skills
Mozilla
Open
Badges

10. Infographic Tool Transforms Media Profiles Into Visual,
Web-based Graphical Biographies
Vizify

12. Team-Building Matchmaker Helps Entrepreneurs Find
Suitable Business Partners
CoFoundersLab

13. Internal Social Network To Match Employers Needs With
Worker Mobility
Upmo

15. Company-wide Learning Program Connects Co-Workers To
Keep ME SELL ON YOUR BEHALF”
“LET Them Updated
Learn27

16. Software Plug-in Updates Users on Complicated Programs
And Sharpens Skills
Adobe
Levelup
COMMISSION FEES EARNED BY INFLUENCING
ONLINE PURCHASES

19. Service Lets Workers Send Anonymous Feedback To
Their Superiors
Happiily

20. Real-Time Suggestion Box Connects Managers With
Employee Ideas
veHer
VeHer

22. Layered Into Training Programs, Social Learning Improves
Learning Retention And Progress
SuccessFactors

23. Social Knowledge Platform Facilitates Knowledge Transfer,
Builds Expertise-Based Reputations
Crowdbase

25. Workers Rank Their Peers To Reveal Value To The Company
Valve

26. Hidden Talent Revealed Within Companies By Social
Metric Score
SilkRoad

28. Management Reframed As Mentors, Encouraging Workers
To Deliver Great Work
Grey

29. Team Members Self-Select How They Will Fit Into
Each Project
MicrosoN
Lync

32. Cross-Organizational Social Tool Enhances Collaboration In
The Project-By-Project Economy
ShiN

33. Social Network For Doctors Improves Cross-Specialty
Collaboration MY PRICE”
“LET ME NAME
Doximity
Layered Virtual
Showcase
With a growing level of peer to peer communities that are working together
and searching for service answers, the right information is being rewarded
and being presented in easy formats for large groups of people to use and
share. set of digital services are enabling shoppers to visually experience and
A new
experiment with products before they buy.

35. Address Book Supplemented With Social Data For More
Informed Interactions
Brewster

36. Proximity Based Service Alerts Users Of Potential Clients
and Contacts Who Are Nearby
Intro

38. Company Creates Google Docs For Engineering, Design and
Architectural Programs
Sunglass

39. Public Noticeboard Lets Everyone Share And Discuss
Ideas Virtually
Wallwisher

41. Projector Lamp-Camera Configuration Shares Remote Desks
IllumiShare

42. Haptic Remote Robots Will Let People ‘Physically’
Be Anywhere In The World Better Service”
“Give Me Personal Attention And
Beaming
Service With An Opt In

45. Crowdsourced Product Developers Open An
Advanced Lab For All
Quirky

46. Co-working Space Fuels Foodies And Collaborators With
Menu Of Cooking Tools
ForageSF

48. Modular Smartphone Could Replace Computer And Tablet
NexPhone

49. Keyboard Projects Key Onto Any Surface And Fits
On Your Keychain This”
“Teach Me How To Use
CTX
Virtual
Keyboard
RETAIL ON DEMAND
Subject Specialist
SHOPPER COACHING
Staff members with specialized knowledge bases who can provide smarter
answers and product recommendations to their customers in-store, online and
over the phone.

51. Colorful, Sound Absorbing Booths Give Users Privacy In
Public Spaces WHAT I LIKE”
“LET ME SHOP
BuzziBooth

52. Mobile Workstations Roll Around To Find
The Best Place To Work
Hive
Worksta(ons

54. Upright Furniture Line Positions Workers
Between Sitting And Standing
Focal
Upright
Desk

55. Treadmill Workstations Mix Walking With Working
“LET ME BUILD THE PERFECT ONE FOR ME”
TrekDesk
Tredmill
Desk
Experience Centers
Best-in-class brands are creating experience centers where consumers are
approached, not only as shoppers, but as sophisticated learners who are
eager to engage and create