The 2020s are the Remote Work decade.
Remote work has the potential to be the biggest quality of life upgrade in work history. 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. 🚀 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
3. 💀 Death of HQ:
The office is dead but offices will persist. They’ll be used less frequently then hardly at all
Co-working, subscription clubs, will emerge that let workers who prefer that mode of work to operate from there
4. 🌉 City Unbundling:
The allure of the city has been eroded by technology. You can easily spend time there without living there
Cost of living has made them irrational. Modern time-shares for city living, city services being distributed are inevitable in
5. 🧰 Vertical Tools:
@NotionHQ, @LoomHQ, @zoom_us etc. are incredible horizontal products that do nearly anything
Vertical products that do one thing, operating around a constraint that looks like a feature, will explode to prominence
Meetings, async & culture big opportunities
6. 🙋♂️ Presence:
Tools that provide an estimate of when you should expect a response will become big
These will measure the tasks your team are doing and use this to set expectations, allowing teams to escalate more easily when necessary
7. 🚐 Remote Living:
Work from anywhere RVs will become huge business
Associated business parks and services will spring up. This will happen even…
