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Searching for the Jobs of the Future
Sunday 3 December 2017
Facing the apparent onslaught of automation, what jobs might survive, what might emerge?
Some of the analysis of this article seems a bit 'old school' imo and I think it's an error to suggest that automation couldn't apply to management, when a significant proportion of management functions are 'rote' and non expansive (meaning that they are coordination of job tasks rather than seeking potential opportunities).
The thought that lawyers can't be replaced ignores completely the fact that new software already makes law clerks redundant, that much of the grunt work being done by 1st & 2nd year legal types can now be automated meaning nothing for them to do and hence, no need for them!
And what's missing is the indicators of what jobs WILL be required - especially the new ones. However the idea that we're going to move all our outplaced manufacturing people into 'health services' or 'programming' is laughable. I've spoken a fair bit about what jobs I think will emerge - too many seem to ignore that part of the picture. Homo-Sapiens Continuity Researchers; Geo-Engineering specialist; Bio-Mimicry Designers; Transgenerational Engagement Coordinators...
Still, nice to have McKinsey playing catch-up with this article
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Monday 25 March 2019
In short - 'No'. In days of yore manufacturing data meant jobs being done, employed people being paid, sales being made. But with robotics and off-shoring in many parts of Australian manufacturing, it's no longer the value indicator it once was.
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Thursday 14 March 2019
I've writen a fair bit over the years about the need to move futures thinking out of a theoretical approach and into a more applied model.
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Tuesday 29 January 2019
Every where we look we are being given clear signs of the blatant stupidity and arguably outright criminality of a toxic system of decision making. The Menindee Lakes and Darling River disaster is one example
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