Imagine a truly innovative business world where advanced automated technology and supporting processes are the norm... We did just that and spoke with European employees to discover their vision for the future workplace. 78% of employees predict that by 2036 their workplace will be transformed by technology and processes that do not even exist today. 87% of employees believe that with the right process around it, advanced technology will positively impact profitability. Benefits to tech evolution include : 1. Optimising core business processes, 2. Having better access to information, 3. The ability to get their job done faster. 59% of employees predict that within the next 20 years holograms will feature in their workplace. Internal collaboration platforms (first with 29%), web-based meetings (second, with 23%) and follow-me printing (third with 22%) are the top three rated systems that employees currently do not use, but want to, in order to make their job more valuable today.

1. Imagine a truly innovative business
world where advanced automated
technology and supporting processes
are the norm... We did just that and
spoke with European employees to
discover their vision for the future
workplace.
of employees predict that by 2036
their workplace will be transformed by
technology and processes
that do not even
exist today
The next decade and beyond
Within just 10 years, employees expect:
78%
The tech evolved
workplace
Research conducted by Coleman Parkes.
Sponsored by Ricoh
Touch-based
interactive
surfaces
Voice
recognition
technology
Augmented
reality glasses
Benets to tech evolution
Optimising core business processes
Having better access to information
The ability to get their job done faster
69% 60% 56%
59% of employees predict
that within the next 20 years holograms
will feature in their workplace
Within 30 years over half
of employees expect to be using:
Bluetooth technology that
transmits data brain-to-brain
Drones with the ability to project
presentations or visual displays
Carrier nodes
to be available to them
29%
Internal collaboration
platforms
23%
Web-based
meetings
22%
Follow-me
printing
A very dierent future
When asked to identify the top benets
to a tech evolved workplace, employees gave
equal ranking to:
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87% of employees
believe that with the right
process around it, advanced
technology will positively
impact protability
Most wanted tools today
The top three technologies that employees
currently do not use, but want to, are: