The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. Stephen Hawking – Physicist Alexa, my Samsung TV, and most of our connected home products can talk to me and each other. But, machine smartness is causing problems. Big Brother, smart machine (s) seem to be always recording, listening and monitoring. CCTV are …
If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great. Tom Hanks – Actor Internet of Things, known as Internet of Everything, will have toasters and refrigerators communicating and sharing data. Multiply this by a billion results in lots of data being shared every second. Let’s look at the numbers. Seven …
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash – Entrepreneur Almost 40% of workers according to surveys say their work and jobs make little difference to the organization, customer or marketplace. …
This period is like the Industrial Revolution, it’s like Dickens’s London, for the amount of convulsion and change, and we only recently have begun to think about it that way, Mark Muro – Fellow at the Brookings Institution What will managing and leading the Future of Work look like in COVID time? No one really …
We have displacement and a failure to create shared prosperity, but we are not heading to an economy without human labor anytime soon. Daron Acemoglu – MIT professor We’re on a social and Future of Work voyage driven by COVID, which will unleash tech. And, it’ll be a bumpy ride. VUCANs won’t like it and don’t want …
“Exhausted.” “Lost”. “Anxious.” “Everything’s a struggle.” All pre COVID. These quotes from a Harvard Business Review article are from millennials (22-37 years old) who are struggling at the school-to-work transition or at work.[i] NY Times said: “In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. …
You can’t look at the competition and say you’re going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you’re going to do it differently. Steve Jobs – Apple Founder & Entrepreneur The big change I’ve seen in COVID time is many VUCANs look at careers and jobs as competition even as …
It isn’t the changes that do you in, it’s the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the new site, the new boss, the new team roles, the new policy. Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with the new situation. Change is external, transition is internal. William …
VUCAN DRIVERS – BACK TO WORK Old Norm New Norm Open floor plan Offices and plastic separated cubes Conversations IM et. al. Friendly touching Social distancing Packed elevators Single person elevators Beer taps and yummies Personal stash of food Periodic monitoring Constant monitoring Conference rooms Personal plastic shields Office gyms History Open communal areas …
VUCAN DRIVERS – FUTURE OF WORK Old Norm New Norm U.S. & western work rules Asian & Chinese work rules Manual dexterity, endurance, and precision Analytical thinking & innovation Memory, verbal, auditory, & spatial abilities Active learning & learning strategies Management of material resources Creativity, originality and initiative Tech installation & maintenance Tech design & programming Reading, writing, …