If the thought of change worries you, the following paragraphs might make you feel uncomfortable. The accelerating pace of progress means workplaces will be very different in the future. But precisely how different will they be? I asked some of the world’s most respected futurists for their forecasts on the shape workplaces will take in 2030.

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Futurists predict new technology will have a huge impact on our work lives.

Michio Kaku is a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York and the author of Physics of the Future. He’s convinced that computers will cease to exist. To access the internet, instead of jumping onto a PC or an iPad, contact lenses will be used. “You will blink and you will be online,” he says.

Contact lenses will also transform the way meetings are held. Say goodbye to sitting around a boardroom table, and say hello to teleconferences where virtual images of your co-workers will be viewed in 3D.