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Collaborative careers take over

10. Collaborative careers take over. With ongoing specialization of knowledge, organizations will find that they will have to spend more time simply coordinating access to knowledge. The trend is already playing out in health care: one study found that physicians believe they will send more time on leading teams and coordinating care, than on the...

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Publish Date2016-12-19
Updated Date2026-09-18
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Trend #10 from 17 Trends for 2017.

  1. Collaborative careers take over. With ongoing specialization of knowledge, organizations will find that they will have to spend more time simply coordinating access to knowledge. The trend is already playing out in health care: one study found that physicians believe they will send more time on leading teams and coordinating care, than on the delivery of care directly by themselves! This trend will pick up speed for many reasons, not the least of which is digitization, as tech comes to accelerate the complexity of many industries.
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IndustriesHealthcare, Pharma & Life SciencesHealthcare is moving from episodic treatment toward continuous prediction, personalization and accelerated biological discovery.IndustriesAutomotive & TransportationThe vehicle is becoming a computer, a battery, a data platform and an increasingly autonomous node inside a larger mobility system.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.DomainsConnectivity & Digital ExperiencePervasive connectivity, immersive interfaces and the blending of physical and digital experiences.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.DomainsHealth, Biotech & LongevityThe convergence of medicine, biotechnology, genomics, connected health, predictive care and longevity science.

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