Lockdown has meant that many of us have had to work from home. But what if companies and organisations took this as an opportunity to adopt new technologies & working practices that could change how we work forever?



This time Jack Sheeran explores the smart offices of the future, giving all adults a universal basic income, and the rise of robotics within the workplace



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The Future of Work; Jobs and Skills in 2030: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/303335/the_future_of_work_key_findings_edit.pdf



Majority of UK workers sit at their desks: https://workplaceinsight.net/uk-office-workers-may-sit-at-their-desk-for-up-to-nine-hours-a-day/



Five Trends Shaping the Future of Work: https://www.ie.edu/insights/articles/the-five-trends-shaping-the-future-of-work/



How have robots changed manufacturing? https://science.howstuffworks.com/robots-changed-manufacturing.htm



World Economic Forum; Eight Futures: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_FOW_Eight_Futures.pdf



Will a robot take my job?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2aocKWrPG8



UK’s furlough scheme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52819591



Women in the Workplace: https://wiw-report.s3.amazonaws.com/Women_in_the_Workplace_2019.pdf



Finland’s basic income experiment: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/the-results-finlands-universal-basic-income-experiment-are-in-is-it-working/



Did Finland’s basic income experiment work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nPQM54oPMg



TU Simple Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXm7336Wtcw



Chinese startup TuSimple: https://futurism.com/chinese-startup-tusimple-to-challenge-teslas-driverless-trucks-in-arizona



Universal basic income: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190719-universal-basic-income



What does the future workplace look like: https://www.raconteur.net/business-innovation/office-design-future



Smart offices: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190719-smart-offices



Pepper Robot: https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/pepper



Pepper Robot promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHqCq9orRU



Double Robotics: https://www.doublerobotics.com/



Robot Journalists: https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/03/ap-sports-is-using-robot-reporters-to-cover-minor-league-baseball/



Will robots take my job - clip from start blurb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2aocKWrPG



Elon Musk on robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OIgWYXZbSw



Robots to create jobs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5JsWnW9H1E



Universal basic income: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzs9IljUZiU



Unemployment & lockdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1YUksgZnQ



Amazon Alexa promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=137&v=ViB3XhsTLuo&feature=emb_title 



Andrew Yang on Universal Basic Income: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhArPPmHjCs



UNimate News Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsWeVtb-JQ