“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man’s nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become Golems, they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the boredom …
FUTURE OF WORK – OLD CONTRACT: PART 1 – MIKE RICHMAN Read More »
What will the future hold for jobs and the work place? In the following paragraphs, we look back to after WWII ended to understand how work changed during that period of time and look forward to gain some insight into the future and the potential impact on jobs.
The global economy and the nature of work is changing rapidly in ways that will impact all of us for the foreseeable future. This is true of aviation as well, with airline pilot opportunities being a particularly challenging case. Technology, and automation in particular are transforming the world in ways we couldn’t even imagine just …
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) learned of several cases of severe pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This strain of coronavirus has since spread through China and into other countries. WHO later named COVID-19.
In many ways, I am sure society is well aware of certain leadership principles that have stood the test of time in business environments. Personality traits such as integrity, honesty, and responsibility immediately come to mind; however, in a disruptive world, there are more that, many do not realize, are vital to professional success to …
FINDING CERTAINTY IN AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE – DANIEL BURRUS Read More »
John Ayers has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Engineering Management. He is a member of Project Management Institute. He has managed large highly technical development projects for the private sector and the Department of Defense. Professionally he has held positions such as Director of Programs, Director of Operations, Project Engineer and …
JOHN AYERS – FUTURE OF WORK – PROJECT MANAGEMENT Read More »
A recent Wall Street Journal article, entitled Coronavirus Pandemic Helps Speed More CIOs Toward Business Operations Accountability, observed: “Large businesses are starting to hold their chief information officers accountable for the results of corporate-wide digital business operations, giving them much wider responsibility within the organization. . . Gartner, which last month released its annual list …
HOWARD WIENER – FUTURE OF PROFESSIONS – CIO TO COO TO CEO Read More »
Even as I write this article, jobs in industries ranging from entertainment and media to manufacturing and medicine are being transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) and its many iterations. Many people don’t even know they are already in a competition with AI and that several facets of their job are already being accomplished by a …
12 COMPETENCIES FOR FUTURE SUCCESS AND ADVANTAGE – DANIEL BURRUS Read More »
If money, and the future of money, is important to you, and I hope it is, you need to read this article. There is a misconception occurring surrounding the concepts of digital currency. Understanding what digital currency actually is, how it can be used and potentially misused, and, most important, how it is drastically different …
DIGITAL CURRENCY VERSUS BITCOIN AND THE FUTURE OF MONEY – DANIEL BURRUS Read More »
By Howard M. Wiener MSIA, CERM, PMP In my previous post, What’s Driving the Future of Work and Professions?, I mentioned PESTLE as a helpful framework for classifying external forces that act on all of us and the companies for which we work. In this article, I present a list of them for you to …
External Change Drivers that will Impact Work and Professions in 2020 and beyond Read More »
