The 2020s are the Remote Work decade.

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge:

1. 🤖Personal RPA: Robotic process automation will transform work for individuals.
   
   No-code tools that enable workers to built bots that automate menial parts of their roles will be huge
2. ⚽️ Hobbie Renaissance: Remote working will lead to a rise in people participating in hobbies and activities which link them to people in their local community
   
   This will lead to deeper, more meaningful relationships which overcome societal issues of loneliness and issolation
3. 🚜 Rural Living: World-class people will move to smaller cities, have a lower cost of living & higher quality of life
   
   These regions must innovate quickly to attract that wealth. Better schools, faster internet connections are a must
4. ⏰ Asynchronous Work: Offices are instantaneous gratification distraction factories where synchronous work makes it impossible to get stuff done
   
   Tools that enable asynchronous work are the most important thing globally remote teams need. A lot of startups will try to tackle this
5. 🏦 Third Space: Office and Working from Home will be joined by somewhere close by that a number of people will use
   
   Supermarkets or local bank branches should emerge as a convenient ubiquitous location option — if they are smart
6. 🚀 UI-Less Tech: friction while working remotely is one of the biggest communication problems for remote
   
   Instant communication which isn’t distracting, disrupting or about surveillance will be super important
7. ✅ Output focus: Time will be replaced as the main KPI for judging performance by productivity and output. Great workers will be the ones who deliver what they promise consistently
   
   Advancement decisions will be decided by capability rather than who you drink beer with after work
8. 🚐 Remote Living: Work from anywhere RVs will become huge business
   
   Associated business parks and services will spring up. This will happen even more rapidly as self driving tech emerges
   
   Expect a @Tesla product in this space
9. 💀 Death of HQ: the office is dead but offices will persist. They’ll be…