Future of Work

by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, NOVEMBER 17, 2016, https://hbr.org/2016/11/the-simple-economics-of-machine-intelligence?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=harvardbiz The year 1995 was heralded as the beginning of the “New Economy.” Digital communication was set to upend markets and change everything. But economists by and large didn’t buy into the hype. It wasn’t that we didn’t recognize that something changed. It was…

By Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), November 11, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the private sector have come up with a resolution and proposed an executive order (EO) for the use of telecommuting and other ICT-based tools to help address the country’s traffic problem.

by Jacques Bughin, Director, Brussels office, McKinsey & Company; Laura Tyson, Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, 10 November 2016 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/the-way-we-work-is-changing-this-is-what-it-could-mean-for-you?utm_content=buffer055dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Working full-time for a single employer is no longer the norm in advanced economies. Instead, millions of “independent workers” – self-employed, freelance, or temporary employees – sell their labor, services, and…

by Vegard KolbjørnsrudRichard AmicoRobert J. Thomas, Nov. 2, 2016 Read the article here.

by Daily Dose, October 24, 2016, http://www.ozy.com/pov/why-humankind-isnt-ready-for-the-bionic-revolution/72555?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10242016&variable=52af57bdb25c500ad0fe628fd8cf4052 In the coming decades — probably sooner than most people realize — the next great wave of technological change will hit us. Its impact will be similar in scope to the advent of computers, cell phones and the internet. But it won’t be our gadgets being transformed; it…

by Scott David, 20 October 2016, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/wireless-earphones-fourth-industrial-revolution?utm_content=bufferfa6bf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer To think that the new Apple AirPods are just the latest iteration of headphones misses the point. As does the idea that they are about liberation from tangled white cords. Their significance is far greater than that. These are the first signs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an…

CompTIA’s September jobs report reveals some grim statistics for IT pros: 142,000 jobs were lost last month. Tech sector growth slowed as well, but positions were still created rather than lost. By Brandon Vigliarolo, October 11, 2016 It’s not the best time to be an IT professional. Budgets are getting tight, cloud computing is making…

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The Daily Dose, Jun 14, 2016 Because data is the competitive advantage that manufacturers will have in the future The author is director of product marketing for brilliant manufacturing software at GE digital.

By ANNE FISHER, Jun 7, 2016 Despite last Friday’s dismal official employment numbers, the job market may be a lot healthier than it looks. A new study from CareerBuilder and its analytics arm, EMSI, says employment in 1 out of 3 U.S. industries is about to take off.

A summit on AI and business is told starter roles in many industries will be automated by machine learning systems, while other experts urge caution against such predictions. By Nick Heath, May 5, 2016, Young people will bear the brunt of AI-fuelled job losses as smart systems undercut entry-level roles in everything from marketing to…

By JEFFREY PFEFFER April 12, 2016 Dan Lyons’ account of his time at the software company HubSpot describes a workplace in which employees are disposable, “treated as if they are widgets to be used up and discarded.” And HubSpot is scarcely unique: The description of Amazon’s work environment is just one of many similar cases.…

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By Sanjena Sathian, January 6, 2016 Because redistribution of wealth can come in all shapes and sizes. Life at Jerry Kaplan’s home in Hillsborough, California, looks enviably comfortable: an automated gate, a stone fountain out front, a giant, Harry Potter–size chessboard in the side yard.

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