In this special episode of the Mayvin Research Hub podcast, young voices share their imaginative ideas about the future of work, think glass-filled homes, exciting tech, and careers that are both fun and meaningful. With a focus on happiness, creativity, and informal workplaces, they offer a playful yet thoughtful glimpse into what work could look like in years to come.
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Sarah Fraser 0:51
So I'm sat in my garden on this rather beautiful sunny day, so that's the backdrop, but this is a rather unusual recording for the research hub podcast. We asked the next generation of Mayvin. Mayvin Gen a I'm going to call them a few questions, how they might think about the future, what might they be doing in the future, and how might work be different for this next generation of brilliant minds coming through. And then the clincher, what should we be doing now to make work better in the future? So listen on, enjoy, and I'll see you at the end.
Speaker 1 1:35
Seems very colourful, looking at like modern houses. I think there will be, like, a lot of glass. We wait there. For the phone, but other better devices, I get to choose what I am whenever.
Claire Newell 1:55
So what do you think about when I say the word the future
Speaker 1 1:59
depends what time you mean? Do you mean, like, next Christmas, or do you mean 1000 years time?
Claire Newell 2:03
Well, that's it. So the future could be, like, you say the future, it could be next week, or it could be so when i So, what if I say the future? What do you think of first?
Speaker 1 2:13
I think of people driving around like, you know, like the latest Porsches, like, that kind of car. I'm really like, I don't know this is a bit like sci fi things, I feel like white. White is a colour, you know what? I mean, like, like, just like in sci fi things like science fiction, but, um, looking at, like, modern houses, maybe, I think, I think there will be, like, a lot of glass. Well, for me, the future is anytime after today, but it depends as well. If you're, if you're talking about the future, for me for a specific age, it might be in a few years, then I think of a few years. Yeah, if I could, I would probably say, Don't
Speaker 2 2:53
make too many machines, because, like, it's just sort of gonna damage the
Unknown Speaker 2:59
environment, like, sort of, like polluting.
Speaker 1 3:03
I just, I think about what's gonna happen, like, like in, like, my later on, like
Unknown Speaker 3:11
your later on, like,
Speaker 3 3:14
fun stuff and not so fun stuff that people don't have to wait too long to go on their trip to go somewhere.
Claire Newell 3:26
And what about the world of work? So what about you in the future, having a job and work? What does that look
Speaker 1 3:32
like? Do you think meeting a computer? What depends if you mean like a working job, or do you mean just like sitting like a office job?
Claire Newell 3:43
Well, that's it, isn't it? So what do you think work looks like for you? Because they're like, you're right. There are lots of different types of jobs. There are office jobs, but there
Speaker 1 3:52
are all sorts of other jobs out there. I really have no idea I like. I might be be a doctor, your actor. Don't just office job thing, I'd like something which like tests, my brain testing challenging, and maybe something a bit more like unusual. I like acting like I do, kind of like arts and things, but I also do kind of, but then I also like marketing and thinking about how people would trying to put yourself as other people and what they need, and then trying to include that in things.
Unknown Speaker 4:31
A veterinary nurse,
Unknown Speaker 4:32
you're gonna be a veterinary
Unknown Speaker 4:34
nurse. Or if I'm not a veterinary nurse, I might want to be a farmer.
Unknown Speaker 4:42
Why? What do you want to grow make?
Unknown Speaker 4:45
I don't know. I just really want to have pets.
Unknown Speaker 4:48
Oh, and then you could have lots of pets on the farm. Yeah, okay, cool.
Unknown Speaker 4:53
I don't know yet,
Speaker 4 4:54
okay, possibly a ship builder, though. Oh, yeah. Nobody would love. Designer ship, designer,
Speaker 5 5:03
design ships, like, like cruise ships that they're even bigger than the Titanic,
Unknown Speaker 5:11
that would be really big. Oh, my goodness,
Unknown Speaker 5:13
I'm gonna set out on research ships. I'm gonna drive on research
Speaker 4 5:19
ships. Amazing. What research on the ship? What are the research ships going to be finding out
Speaker 1 5:26
shipwrecks? Cool, yeah, you could be like a person who finds shipwrecks under the water. Well, for me, I've got a few life plans. I like to be an actor, yeah? But if, say, for after, like, I don't know, maybe 20 to 30 auditions, I don't get anything, even an ensemble. I want to either run a school or be part of a organisation that helps unprivileged kids and underprivileged kids to be experience, to have the experience of performing arts.
Claire Newell 6:08
So how do you think office jobs? Because you mentioned office jobs, how do you think they might be like the future? Do you think they'll be different or the same, or
Speaker 1 6:16
I think they'll be kind of the same we're using a bit more, like AI in later things. And maybe, I don't know, maybe there'll be, like, different things, instead of laptops or iPads or computers. Well, I think four minutes would be very fun, and I think there might be parts or a bit tiring, and I might get bit tired, but I think work in the future should be fun, yeah? And I personally think that in the future you should be able to, like, just on a call. You could, like, just talk to your colleagues, like, just a normal conversation. You don't need to be, like, formal, like they're your colleagues. You can meet informal with them, yeah,
Carolyn Parker 7:02
yeah. So you want it to be fun, quite relaxed, I guess, like informal, relaxed. And I guess the other thing is, like having good relationships with people,
Speaker 1 7:13
yeah, I think it's good to have a good relationship with colleagues. I think if you don't, it might be a bit tricky to work with them, because I have to type a lot on the computer. Yeah, and mummy and daddy won't type for me.
Speaker 3 7:34
You could have time. You could have a break that you just have. Fun, you would have play time, yeah, every half an hour,
Speaker 6 7:46
every half an hour, what and when you What do you? What do you think about you working? What do you think it'd be like?
Speaker 3 7:56
Fun? Fun because they only do fun subjects.
Speaker 6 7:59
Yeah, they only do fun. Who the Work? Work? Yeah, so you think work is only fun subjects.
Speaker 3 8:11
Well, I've never gone to work, so no idea you have fun and you like it, and you feel not happy and nice there.
Speaker 6 8:22
Yeah, that sounds good to me. If you were to give
Speaker 4 8:28
advice, tell tell the grown ups now what they should do to
Sarah Fraser 8:37
make work really good in the future for when you're grown up, what
Speaker 2 8:42
would you tell them to do? I would say, do less polluting.
Unknown Speaker 8:46
Less polluting. Very good advice.
Speaker 5 8:48
Make it proper unthinkable.
Speaker 4 8:52
Proper unthinkable. Yeah, love it like
Unknown Speaker 8:56
more than 100 layers on it.
Unknown Speaker 8:59
I'm not like just blow your imagination.
Speaker 1 9:02
Yeah, well, I just personally think overall work should be fun. Yeah, you shouldn't feel like depressed or like upset or like any other like emotions that bring us to unhappy thoughts, yeah, and I think that we should just all believe in ourselves when it comes to work and know that after today, we've all done A great job.
Sarah Fraser 9:40
So I hope you enjoyed that they're brilliant, aren't they? So what might be your proper, unthinkable thoughts? Proper unthinkable love it about what the future of work might be like and what we need to do today to get there. We'd love to talk to you, so get in touch, or take a look at other thoughts from the oldies at Mayvin on. We can shape the future of organisations today. Take a look at Mayvin research hub web page. Thanks again, and be in touch soon. You.