When John Lennon sang, “Nowhere man, don’t worry/Take your time, don’t hurry” in 1965, it was little known just how relevant these lyrics would be to today’s workforce.

According to author Julia Hobsbawm, we are currently in the Nowhere Office age, where workers can work anywhere, at any time, with more choice than ever before.

In her book “The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future”, Hobsbawm traces the history of the workplace and details it in four phases: