Undercurrents Influencing the “Future of Work.”

2. Work Isn’t About Jobs Anymore; It’s About Engagement

The Employment Era told us to collect degrees, titles, cabins, promotions. The Engagement Era whispers something different: “Meaning matters. Values matter. Fulfilment matters. Climate matters. Life matters.”

Gen Z is not confused, they’re simply refusing to repeat the mistakes of their elders. And employers? They are not clueless, they’re just trying to manage a workforce that can’t be controlled through fear, hierarchy or ‘late-night mail culture.’

Old ways of engaging with the world starts MUCH earlier than the first office job. That is why the future of work starts early because habits of engagement form early.