The Future of Work
Is It Just A Job Or Is It A Career? How To Address The Employment Gap
As industries like manufacturing become more technical and require advanced skills, many employers struggle to retain experienced workers. It doesn't help that many employees can't identify a future career or attain appropriate technical training within their companies. As one logistics company in Michigan found, one solution is to develop a clear career path for workers.
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Soon, The Only Tech Jobs Will Be Design Or Data
The robots are coming for web programming. And coding schools will soon be obsolete. Even an engineer admits: with increasing automation, technology will soon replace the majority of tech jobs themselves.
The Future of Work
Automation Isn't The End Of The World -- Here's Why
Robots probably will take our jobs. That doesn’t have to be bad news, writes Leonardo Quattrucci, policy assistant to the Head of the European Commission's European Political Strategy Centre. The future of work is about more than just automation. Machines push us to specialize in our competitive advantages, which would ideally push us toward a more connected and equitable economy.
What keeps you up at night?
Labor Economists Scratch Their Heads At The Curious Case of Craigslist
A comparison of two sets of jobs data shows that labor demand may actually be strengthening despite fears about machines taking our jobs, according to Brad Hershbein and Nathan Sotherland of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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AI Could Free People From Work – If We Let It
What would a future without work look like? It may be closer than you think. Artificial intelligence is redefining work as we know it. First there was outsourcing. Next up is "othersourcing." Here are three signs we are moving toward a "post-work" future.
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Basic Income After Robots Take Our Jobs? That’s Not How Capitalism Works
Katharina Nieswandt, a philosophy professor at Concordia University, wants to debunk the claim that technology or robotics will lead to mass unemployment. The reality, she argues, is that productivity will grow but leisure time won't.
Tips From A 'Mindful' Brain To Help You Become More Productive
Debbie Jeremiah, manager of GE's Mindful Leader Program at the company's management facility in Crotonville, N.Y., has used brain science and "neuroleadership" training to optimize her creative energy in the morning, leaving emailing and other administrative tasks for the afternoon. Even skeptical participants of the program walk away with a dose of mindfulness.
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A 10-Hour Work Week? How Robots Can Make Us Happy
Can technological advancement actually help us become fully human? Boston College psychology professor, Peter Gray, argues that an automated world could lead to happier and even more productive human beings. Like children, he says, adults are designed to play.
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3 Responsibilities For Men And Women To Close The Gender Gap
How do you talk about the gender gap with male colleagues and our children? Sue Siegel, CEO of GE Ventures, discusses our shared responsibility to close the gender gap -- and her biggest professional mistake. The following column is based on her recent remarks during the Babson Breakaway Challenge, the first and only competition to promote gender parity in the VC industry.
