Many of the articles that talk about the oncoming Fourth Industrial Revolution focus on the the roles that are most likely to be lost – driving taxis, working on assembly lines, even filing accounts. Only last month there was news of a breakthrough in the capacity of learning machines: Alphabet’sContinue Reading
The launch of the Social Mobility Employer Index marked an exciting evolution in the world of work; one in which employers begin to develop detailed, systemic metrics – set either by the industry or internally within the business – that track exactly how effective their inclusion initiatives are in creatingContinue Reading
Waking up to a hung parliament is a strange experience; feelings of uncertainty mix with a sense of hopefulness for a new direction. Either way, the British electorate has sent a message for this General Election – that all parties need to work harder to gain a unanimous vote ofContinue Reading
I had coffee with someone I really respect last week – his name is Eb Adeyeri. He has recently moved to a new company that on the face of it, looks entirely different to his previous one. Not only in terms of corporation type, but also job title. As youContinue Reading
There have been a number of interesting topic cropping up from voices exploring the intersection between the future of work and the future of learning, so I have decided to start pulling what I see as the highlights together in a blog called posts of the month. The aim isContinue Reading
It’s easy to forget, with discussions raging today about the disconnect between the future of work and education; that centuries ago, there was arguably a more seamless link between the two: the advent of the first industrial revolution also saw the introduction of the 1833 Factory Act, which mandated that childrenContinue Reading
Imagine the challenge. You’re a 15 year-old from a disadvantaged background with no established networks, but a desire to break into an industry that is highly reliant on them. Like publishing or advertising agencies. You could theoretically look at LinkedIn, but this requires you to create an online CV listingContinue Reading
For all the challenges that AI/machine learning could bring; there is a very exciting potential upside that could be heralded by the Age of Automation. It could remove dull repetitive jobs altogether; freeing people up to do things that are more mentally challenging, exciting, complex and rewarding. US shopping startup Boxed.com hasContinue Reading
So it happened: workplace 2020 is only 2.5 years away – a blink of an eye in terms of how futurists see things. This is what came to mind after seeing the much discussed article about the 10 skills needed to survive the Fourth Industrial Revolution, initially published in JanuaryContinue Reading
Last weekend, it seemed that social media feeds were awash with people celebrating their experience at an event hosted by motivational speaker and businessman Tony Robbins called Unleash the Power Within. Looking at this year’s event from the outside, most of the images looked like this: What was interesting aboutContinue Reading