Future of Work

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by Pranjal Sharma, Oct 3, 2017, Businessworld, India The Fourth Industrial Revolution is well underway in India – many people just haven’t realized it yet. Entrepreneurs, CEOs, company founders and start-ups are rapidly adopting technologies involving AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D-printing, advanced robotics and neuroscience. Quietly and with firm resolve, visionary leadership in…

by Alain Dehaze, Oct 2, 2017 Setting the right course for labour policy in today’s rapidly evolving world of work is a complex challenge. Trends such as skills imbalances, the gig economy and digitization are transforming work so quickly that policy creation is lagging behind.

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The value of your work should not be determined by your paycheck. By Rutger Bregman A great deal has been written in recent years about the perils of automation. With predicted mass unemployment, declining wages, and increasing inequality, clearly we should all be afraid.

by Charlotte Edmond, Sep 4, 2017 Education may be the passport to the future, but for all the good teaching out there, it would seem that schools are failing to impart some of the most important life skills, according to one educational expert.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 31, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Instead of massive job losses, the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will continue to employ thousands of Filipinos annually in the coming years amid emergence of new technologies as global demand is expected to remain strong.

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by Iain Morris, News Editor, Aug 24, 2017 Automation is fast emerging as the new buzzword in the telecom industry. But whether it is a neat label for an array of groundbreaking technologies, or just a euphemism for job cuts, it will hold interest for company shareholders and C-suite executives for one reason alone: its…

https://blogs.adb.org/blog/future-work-developing-asia The nature of work in Asia and the Pacific has changed dramatically in recent decades. Labor market shifts have transformed societies, as rapid economic growth provides workers with better paying and more productive jobs.

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Pixabay, CC BY-SA, Aug 15, 2017 Today, freelancers represent 35% of the United States workforce. In the European Union, the rate is 16.1%. Both figures demonstrate the same global trend: from creative entrepreneurs to those paid by the task, freelancing is on the rise worldwide.

by Stephane Kasriel, Aug 14, 2017 Whenever I talk to people about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, it’s clear there is a lot of anxiety surrounding these developments.

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Work from home policies and remote companies are becoming more common in the tech industry. Here’s how to successfully navigate the new office dynamic. By Alison DeNisco | August 4, 2017, Work from home policies and fully remote companies are becoming more of a norm in the tech industry: IT and development roles are typically…

by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, Aug 1, 2017 MANILA – The shift to automation can displace 40,000 low-skilled workers in the business process outsourcing industry, but will open up job opportunities for nearly 700,000 higher-skilled counterparts, an industry official said Tuesday.

by Aaron Berger, Jul 31, 2017 As developments in artificial intelligence and robotics advance, there is going to be a severe and swift disruption of many working classes. Large swaths of laborers are going to lose their jobs, leading to unprecedented levels of unemployment.

by Jeremy Goldman, Jul 28, 2017 The companies that think their employees’ digital IQs are unimportant are probably few and far between. After all, in just one decade the concept of “digital” has changed from a niche skill set to something that’s mandatory for virtually all blue-chip companies. If you don’t feel that your employees’…

by Jeff Morgan, Jul 26, 2017 Robots have been taking our jobs since the 1960s. So why are politicians and business leaders only now becoming so worried about robots causing mass unemployment? Again, in an ideal scenario, humans may be able to focus on doing the things that make us human, perhaps fuelled by a…

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Automation has already started to reshape every company’s workforce — including yours. By Forrester Research and J.P. Gownder | July 24, 2017 AI has become one of the great, meaningless buzzwords of our time. In this video, the Chief Data Scientist of Dun and Bradstreet explains AI in clear business terms.

The chips can be used to login to PCs, use company machines, and make purchases — but how many will sign up? By Charlie Osborne for Between the Lines | Jul 24, 2017 Three Square Market (32M) is offering implanted chips to employees interested in being biohacked. The new scheme, which 32M emphasized as being…

Automation has already started to reshape every company’s workforce — including yours. By Forrester Research and J.P. Gownder | July 24, 2017 AI has become one of the great, meaningless buzzwords of our time. In this video, the Chief Data Scientist of Dun and Bradstreet explains AI in clear business terms.

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