Everything old is new again and in my regular segment on ABC ‘s Nightlife with Tony Delroy we continued our look at the Future of Work by exploring what impact living a dynamic life may have and how the sharing economy and casualised work are going to be a vital part of tomorrow’s work, doing, having and using world.

Our chat started by exploring the future of work, the reality that as we move into the next decade and beyond many of us will be living a dynamic life where the boundaries between work, life, family and play will be blurred with each taking place where and when is most appropriate, rather then waiting for one to finish at a preordained designated time before moving on to the other.

Our life is already a “hot mess”. The fallacies of work life balance and being able to compartmentalise ourselves to only do work, only play, just be with our family and have 100% rest time, never really worked and moving forward will not work.

It is impossible to totally block out the rest of our life from what we’re doing right now. Technology, by our choice, gives us nowhere to hide with 24/7 contact the norm and the world now able to reach us wherever and whenever we are.

Added to this is the notion that as we move forward we will have a portfolio approach to work, with perhaps one central source of income (akin to a career) and then around the sides we will do lots of other activities including additional income activities, family engagements, community work and play – research conducted by Edelman Berland shows 30% of Australians have already embraced this lifestyle.

In tandem with this new dynamic fluid life this comes the notion of the sharing economy where we don’t need to own something to use it, instead we can share it – right now it’s a $15 billion global industry and in 10 years will be a $335bn industry sector.

This burgeoning sharing industry supports beautifully this new dynamic life concept as it moves us away from the notion of having to accumulate assets and then enjoying them to the new paradigm of being able to earn enough to use or share the car, the house, the holiday, the tools, the food or whatever else we may want to have and also making additional income by allowing others to share our assets and toys.

Every sector of our economy will be bitten by the sharing bug and we will see new spins on old industries grow to accommodate this growing desire to share rather than own.

Tim Fung CEO of Airtasker joined us in studio to talk about his online business matching those that need everyday tasks done with those willing to do them. In this online marketplace we can find people to mow lawns; carry out repairs; wait at our home for the repairman when we can’t; have someone fly from Sydney to Texas to pick up and bring back an engagement ring and hundreds of other one-off tasks.

In this new marketplace one of the most oft raised concerns of not knowing who you’re engaging, is in fact one of its greatest strengths. Not so long ago the Yellow Pages and newspapers ads told you who was available, but it didn’t tell you what they done before or connect you with a community of previous users.

In this new online space past experiences and actions are stored and these cumulative real world interactions give you insights into a persons past from which to make a hiring decision.

We also looked at other quirky sharing economy examples including various car sharing schemes including car next door as well as airBnB, Uber, Bag Borrow and Steal, Open Shed and MamaBake amongst many other.

Our listeners joined us and soon took to Uber in their calls with those against and for coming out of the woodwork. Lots of comments from callers including Terry claiming Uber was an international conspiracy aimed at smashing the global taxi industry and replacing it with autonomous cars, through to Fatish a current Uber driver who uses it as a way to make some money while he looks for a full time job and averages $30 per hour.

Great conversation, passionate callers and a debate we have to have, so have a listen now and then let me know your thoughts on living a dynamic life and the sharing economy. (44 minutes 46 seconds)