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Tools of change:how tools affect the nature of our work

John Pettigrew (CEO and Founder, We Are Futureproofs Ltd)

Workflows of the past two decades

Workflows of the past two decades

Workflows of the past two decades

Other tools

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

✤ XML

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

✤ XML

✤ Automated page makeup

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

✤ XML

✤ Automated page makeup

✤ Online collaboration

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

✤ XML

✤ Automated page makeup

✤ Online collaboration✤ Writing and development

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

✤ XML

✤ Automated page makeup

✤ Online collaboration✤ Writing and development

✤ Communication

Other tools

✤ Content-management systems (CMSes)

✤ Interactive content

✤ XML

✤ Automated page makeup

✤ Online collaboration✤ Writing and development

✤ Communication

✤ Sharing

Non-technical changes

Non-technical changes

✤ Self-publishing

Non-technical changes

✤ Self-publishing

✤ Open access

Non-technical changes

✤ Self-publishing

✤ Open access

✤ Libraries

Non-technical changes

✤ Self-publishing

✤ Open access

✤ Libraries

✤ Print sales

Non-technical changes

✤ Self-publishing

✤ Open access

✤ Libraries

✤ Print sales

✤ Competition for customer attention

Non-technical changes

✤ Self-publishing

✤ Open access

✤ Libraries

✤ Print sales

✤ Competition for customer attention

✤ Market domination by tech giants

What is better now?

What is better now?

✤ Focus on core skills

What is better now?

✤ Focus on core skills

✤ Automation of repetitive tasks

What is better now?

✤ Focus on core skills

✤ Automation of repetitive tasks

✤ Fewer barriers imposed by old technology

What is better now?

✤ Focus on core skills

✤ Automation of repetitive tasks

✤ Fewer barriers imposed by old technology

✤ Workflow speed

What is better now?

✤ Focus on core skills

✤ Automation of repetitive tasks

✤ Fewer barriers imposed by old technology

✤ Workflow speed

✤ Communication speed

What is worse now?

What is worse now?

✤ Focus on ‘digital’ skills and de-emphasising editorial skills

What is worse now?

✤ Focus on ‘digital’ skills and de-emphasising editorial skills

✤ More types of content means more types of checking

What is worse now?

✤ Focus on ‘digital’ skills and de-emphasising editorial skills

✤ More types of content means more types of checking

✤ De-skilling of in-house teams

What is worse now?

✤ Focus on ‘digital’ skills and de-emphasising editorial skills

✤ More types of content means more types of checking

✤ De-skilling of in-house teams

✤ Abuse of tools that aren’t ‘fit for purpose’

What is missing now?

What is missing now?

✤ Clear vision of the importance of content

What is missing now?

✤ Clear vision of the importance of content

(and hence editors)

What is missing now?

✤ Clear vision of the importance of content

(and hence editors)

✤ Tools designed for the work we actually do

What is missing now?

✤ Clear vision of the importance of content

(and hence editors)

✤ Tools designed for the work we actually do

✤ Complete workflows

Where are we going?

Where are we going?

✤ Reader expectations

Where are we going?

✤ Reader expectations

✤ Self-publishing and open access

Where are we going?

✤ Reader expectations

✤ Self-publishing and open access

✤ Digital-first content

Where are we going?

✤ Reader expectations

✤ Self-publishing and open access

✤ Digital-first content

✤ Destination-agnostic content

Where are we going?

✤ Reader expectations

✤ Self-publishing and open access

✤ Digital-first content

✤ Destination-agnostic content

✤ Static and interactive content

Where are we going?

✤ Reader expectations

✤ Self-publishing and open access

✤ Digital-first content

✤ Destination-agnostic content

✤ Static and interactive content

✤ Integrated content

Where are we going?

Where are we going?

✤ Iterative development and continuous deployment

Where are we going?

✤ Iterative development and continuous deployment

✤ Post-publication comments and editing

Where are we going?

✤ Iterative development and continuous deployment

✤ Post-publication comments and editing

✤ Commercial-model change

Where are we going?

✤ Iterative development and continuous deployment

✤ Post-publication comments and editing

✤ Commercial-model change

✤ open access

Where are we going?

✤ Iterative development and continuous deployment

✤ Post-publication comments and editing

✤ Commercial-model change

✤ open access

✤ self-publishing

Where are we going?

✤ Iterative development and continuous deployment

✤ Post-publication comments and editing

✤ Commercial-model change

✤ open access

✤ self-publishing

✤ free content

Where are we going?

Where are we going?

✤ Industry change

Where are we going?

✤ Industry change

✤ mergers and acquisitions

Where are we going?

✤ Industry change

✤ mergers and acquisitions

✤ new entrants

Where are we going?

✤ Industry change

✤ mergers and acquisitions

✤ new entrants

✤ increased outsourcing

Where are we going?

✤ Industry change

✤ mergers and acquisitions

✤ new entrants

✤ increased outsourcing

✤ de-skilling

Where are we going?

✤ Industry change

✤ mergers and acquisitions

✤ new entrants

✤ increased outsourcing

✤ de-skilling

✤ learning

The end of publishing

The end of publishing

Again... ?

John Pettigrew www.wearefutureproofs.comImages © ducu95us / Shutterstock, MorphArt / Shutterstock, panco / Shutterstock,

Heath Robinson, ducu95us / Shutterstock, randall30 / Shutterstock

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