The Four Worlds of Work in 2030

Red Blue Green Yellow

Key Innovation and Focus on Focus on Focus on

characteristics out of the box growing bigger Environment Employees, their
/ focus areas thinking and better and talents and
sustainability wellbeing

Key challenges Disruptive, The gap between

constantly the rich and the Communicating Brand and a good
corporate purpose and ethical record is
changing and poor. Either
values effectively, to essential in the Yellow
may take away people will have a the right people, is a World. The risk of
jobs. There’s a lack high paying job or fundamental brand damage from
of loyalty from the no job at all. requirement. rogue workers must be
• Building and actively managed.
company towards
The challenges of maintaining trust with • Organisations are
the employees. employees and wider judged on trust and
size and scale mean
Workers with skills that organisations are society, especially fairness;
in demand will at greater risk from when it comes to the organisational purpose
prosper, those with external threats such use of automation, is must be clearly
as technology essential. articulated and lived.
outdated skills will • The brand must be • Ethical and
terrorism or
be abandoned.” protected at all times. transparent supply
meltdown and they
find it difficult to The possibility of non- chain management is
effect change quickly. socially responsible critical and penalties
• The value of human behaviour within the apply all along the
capital at the top level organisation or chain for non-
is high and the anywhere along the compliance.
upward pressure on supply chain carries • In the Yellow World,
reward, particularly huge risks. Quality relationships with
for senior executives, assurance and governments and
is intense. vigilance is NGOs are vital and
• Organisations must paramount. need to be closely
develop models and • Being compliant is managed.
systems which enable not enough:
individuals and their organisations are
agents to negotiate under pressure to raise
the value of their the bar and establish
human capital based policies and practices
on employees’ which go beyond and
personal investment even anticipate
strategies. regulatory
requirements.
• Organisations have
to balance the trade-
off between short-term
financial and long-
term societal good.
Key people Employees Employees Employees Employees

Key people Automated HR and CPO CEO and Trainers looking

related focus processes, No HR HR(Peopleand after employee
areas ,Specialists and Society) well being,
outsourced outsourced
services services
Examples of
representative
organizations /
industries
You are a superhuman who can transcend time. You are in 2029 in a city of your
choice………………………..You witness an organization that seems to be from PWC’s red
world. Describe its mission, product, target market, organization structure and employee
characteristics.
Mission
Product
Target Market
Organization Structure
Employee Charateristics
You are a superhuman who can transcend time. You are in 2029 in a city of your
choice………………………..You witness an organization that seems to be from PWC’s
yellow world. Describe its mission, product, target market, organization structure and
employee characteristics.
You are a superhuman who can transcend time. You are in 2029 in a city of your
choice………………………..You witness an organization that seems to be from PWC’s
green world. Describe its mission, product, target market, organization structure and
employee characteristics.
You are a superhuman who can transcend time. You are in 2029 in a city of your
choice………………………..You witness an organization that seems to be from PWC’s blue
world. Describe its mission, product, target market, organization structure and employee
characteristics.