{"id":162667,"date":"2018-11-20T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/?p=162667"},"modified":"2019-04-19T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T13:46:17","slug":"fa1-work-and-life-the-ultimate-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/work-productivity-en-ie\/na\/fa1-work-and-life-the-ultimate-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Work and life. The ultimate collaboration."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The world\u00a0is changing. Fast. It\u2019s exciting. We\u00a0believe that\u00a0today\u00a0there\u2019s no\u00a0room\u00a0for\u00a0compromise.\u00a0It\u2019s no longer about\u00a0weighing up mobility against security,\u00a0choosing between creativity and productivity\u00a0or juggling your work and life \u2013 it\u2019s about collaboration.\u00a0Our priorities and our passions woven into one seamless story. Welcome to Work X Life: Everything about you,\u00a0fitting perfectly together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Microsoft Work x Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9qPilUOokcI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:%2F%2Fpulse.microsoft.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Redefining Work x Life<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>By 2025,\u00a0Millennials will make up\u00a075%\u00a0of the entire global workforce. Across every level \u2013\u00a0from entry\u00a0positions\u00a0to\u00a0the C-Suite.<\/p>\n<p>Their attitudes\u00a0and expectations\u00a0to work and life\u00a0will\u00a0redefine how companies innovate, how they\u00a0recruit\u00a0and retain\u00a0talent\u00a0and how they\u00a0prepare\u00a0their workers for success.<\/p>\n<p>So,\u00a0what do\u00a0they expect?<\/p>\n<p>Employees want to bring their whole\u00a0selves\u00a0to everything they do. To create where they want, when they want \u2013 with\u00a0whomever\u00a0they want.\u00a0 Absolute flexibility \u2013\u00a0<i>effortlessly.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2><b>A global workforce<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Companies are becoming increasingly global. Boundaries of time, location, space and structure are blurring.<\/p>\n<p>No matter the size of the business, work doesn\u2019t just happen between 9\u00a0and\u00a05\u00a0at fixed desks five days a week. People are\u00a0mobile. Success\u00a0means\u00a0connecting\u00a0them\u00a0with each other\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and the information they need\u00a0\u2013\u00a0from anywhere, at any time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not\u00a0just about\u00a0location.\u00a0Organizations\u00a0are taking cues from co-working models like WeWork,\u00a0empowering\u00a0employees to work wherever they want, but giving them flexibility to visit\u00a0modern offices\u00a0with\u00a0digital collaboration tools that transcend geographical boundaries.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Understanding Work x Life<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>We believe these trends are essential because they highlight the opportunities and challenges we face in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>They also suggest solutions,\u00a0as the next generation of technologies\u00a0allow us\u00a0to\u00a0empower people in\u00a0powerful\u00a0new ways.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s never been a more exciting time to be in business.<\/p>\n<p>The companies\u00a0that\u00a0will\u00a0survive and thrive\u00a0will\u00a0be the ones who can find\u00a0answers to these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do I engage and motivate my people?<\/li>\n<li>What\u00a0would boost their creativity?<\/li>\n<li>How do I use AI\u00a0to make my people work better?<\/li>\n<li>How do I create a workplace my people\u00a0will\u00a0love?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u00a0is changing. Fast. It\u2019s exciting. We\u00a0believe that\u00a0today\u00a0there\u2019s no\u00a0room\u00a0for\u00a0compromise.\u00a0It\u2019s no longer about\u00a0weighing up mobility against security,\u00a0choosing between creativity and productivity\u00a0or juggling your work and life \u2013 it\u2019s about collaboration.\u00a0Our priorities and our passions woven into one seamless story. Welcome to Work X Life: Everything about you,\u00a0fitting perfectly together. Redefining Work x Life\u00a0 By 2025,\u00a0Millennials will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":199088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"class_list":["post-162667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-none-en-ie","specials-work-productivity-en-ie","stories-flexibility-your-way-en-ie","stories-how-can-i-work-more-efficiently-and-effectively-en-ie","businessPriorities-modern-workplace-en-ie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162667"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201662,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162667\/revisions\/201662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}