Presidential debate: Shift happens – the future office / library in a connected world

Britain’s industry and economy are changing. As we enter a 4th Industrial Revolution, our needs, and expectations of the places where we live, work, learn and play are evolving rapidly. The Coronavirus pandemic has arguably accelerated a ‘digital shift’ that has been underway for much of the last 40 years, helping us to imagine a world where ‘work’ is what you do, not where you are. In the future, rather than being fixed in one place with a single purpose, people will move seamlessly between different contexts – home, work, college, community - at a time and place that suits them, enabled by always-on smart devices.

So, what do these changes mean for our towns, cities, and High Streets? How can librarians, knowledge and information professionals continue to adapt our services to address the new realities of daily life for our users, and what can we do to ensure that nobody gets left behind?
This third in our series of Presidential Debates will explore these questions:

• Is the genie out of the bottle? Have we come too far in the last 18 months to go back to the old model of working? What will work look like in 18 months’ time?
• What will the place of work look like then; and
• What, if anything, will the impact be on urban centres if the shift away from mass commuting continues?

We have invited 3 expert panellists to share their views and to respond to questions from participants.

Luis Suarez, who lives and works in Gran Canarias, is a prominent commentator on different ways of working – he has been at the forefront of the adoption of distributed working for the last decade.

Neil Usher, is an internationally experienced senior property, workplace, facilities and change leader. He is author of the acclaimed “The Elemental Workplace”, and previously transformed the physical working environment at Sky.

Rob Cottrill, Chief Executive Office of award-winning Eastbourne Borough Council & Lewes District Council, is overseeing the transformation of an urban centre and relocation of his workforce.

CILIP President Paul J Corney, will host the debate to be held at 12.30pm on Wednesday 29th September 2021.

PKSB headings

This webinar supports the following sections of the PKSB:

• 12. Strategy, planning and management
• 13. Technology and communication
• 15. Organisational and environmental context

About the sponsor

The Federation for Informatics Professionals' mission is to represent all Health and Care Informatics Professionals and help them to achieve professionalisation through professional registration and the unification of the various Health and Care Informatics communities of interest through partnership and collaboration. We hope to create a professional framework of unified standards or taxonomy, including role definitions, to provide assurance to employees, employers and the Informatics workforce.

Biography

Paul Corney is the current CILIP President. He is Director of Knowledge Et Al, a leading global specialist Knowledge Management consultancy.

Paul has written and co-authored leading texts in Knowledge Management practice, including Navigating the Minefield: A Practical KM Companion (ASQ,2017) and The KM Cookbook (Facet, 2019).

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