With the growing interest and needs of jobs such as Service Design, UX and Agile Project Management, whichfocus on rapid problem solving and virtual orchestration rather than face-to face interaction, there has been a rise in the digital nomad, enjoying a location-less existence where the beach, cafes or even parks become temporary working spaces.
With that in mind, does ‘place’ still shape our identity in a world where people can work and live anywhere across the globe?
Traditionally, we regarded our identity as something coming from where we were born and where we grew up, influenced by family, friends, neighborhood, city and country. The place we were born defined who we were.