The Future of Flexible Working: Business Guide

How will companies and workers interact in 2017? Traditional business models could be under threat from factors such as increased global competition, the battle for talent, disruptive technologies and more empowered consumers. What's certain is that both parties will need to show greater flexibility about where and how people work and how their contribution is measured.This guide examines how companies might respond to these challenges by examining four scenarios that set out different visions of how companies and workers might relate to each other in the future. None on its own is likely to reflect Britain in 2017 - but aspects of all of them will become part of the business landscape over the next decade.