Should we fear the future workplace - or embrace change?

Retirement is an ever receding distant dream - probably just as well, as the pension is probably more likely to cover a week in Southend rather than a grand world tour.

Then there's the always present danger that if your manager isn't replaced by a machine, you may well be. 

 But that's not the whole picture - technology can be the great leveller, a transformational entity that could alter society and the future workplace for the better.

So which is it - shiny tech-driven utopia, or something more reminiscent of Bladerunner?

To round off a month looking at the future of work, I spoke to several experts who have contributed to technology of business over the past few years and found out if they had changed their view of the future.

I'm not sure my vision of the future of work has changed much per se, not in a visible way at least.

My hope remains that technology will increasingly afford greater freedom in where, when and how we work. 

But, I think that the biggest change that is yet to come lies with how companies address the cultural and organisational challenges. These must be overcome, in order for the incredible opportunities that are offered by transformational technologies to be able to take effect.