On page 15 a nice overview of the future of jobs, with f.e. personal enhancement advisors, nano-medics, robots consellors and sysnthetic life designers.
A nice read to get good inspiration.
A nice read to get good inspiration.
2. In Forbes
Automatisation does not only cause jobs to disappear, it also generates new ones. This is easily said. But in which way, and in what sectors? Forbes does an educated guess based on current developments and lists a few options. Michael Rander writes, 'The rise of the robots is not the end of work as we know it, but rather an evolution of the workforce. (...) How do we position our companies, our workforce, and our society to maximize the value of the digital worker while minimizing the societal impact of automation?'
'The relentless parade of new technologies is unfolding on many fronts. Almost every advance is billed as a breakthrough, and the list of “next big things” grows ever longer.' But which technologies will actually have a profound impact on the social or business landscape? How will leaders in both government and business know what to prepare for? The McKinsey Global Institute narrows it down and identified 12 technologies that 'could drive truly massive economic transformations and disruptions in the coming years.' (2013)
Disruptive changes to business models will have a profound impact on the employment landscape over the coming years. In many industries and countries, the most in-demand occupations or specialties did not exist 10 or even five years ago, and the pace of change is set to accelerate.
This Gartner article sums up new digital workplace technologies that certainly made or working lives a lot easier.
A nice overview of future proof careers: data-architects, cloud capacity managers etc….
The PEW research centre did a survey on questioning how advances in AI and robotics will impact the economic and employment picture over the next decade. A nice overview of reasons to be hopefull!
8. Empowering
Robots 4 humanity: this site gives a nice overview of how robots can empower disabled people.
At the Dusseldorf airport, robotic valet parking is now reality. You step out of your car. You press a button on a touch screen. And then a machine lifts your car off the ground, Built by a German company called Serva Transport, the system saves you time. It saves garage space, thanks to those carefully arranged parking spots. And it’s a sign of so many things to come.
But the one thing it doesn’t do, says J.P. Gownder, an analyst with the Boston-based tech research firm Forrester, is steal jobs.
But the one thing it doesn’t do, says J.P. Gownder, an analyst with the Boston-based tech research firm Forrester, is steal jobs.
A 2011 study found that one million industrial robots directly created nearly three million jobs. Of the six countries examined in the study, five saw their unemployment rates go down as the number of robots used went up.
