Automation and robots

Automation and robots—Is your workforce ready?

Is it humans versus machines? Or are the machines simply part of an evolution that will dictate the human skills needed in the workplace? Proactive organizations are rethinking work architecture to maximize the value of both humans and machines by organizing work more effectively. Joining us this episode is Tom Malone, author of Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together. Tom talks to us about how leaders can unlock the collective intelligence of their organization’s supermind, along with the effectiveness and consequences of doing so. He also shares how leaders can cultivate the skills that will become increasingly important for people, how to ensure readiness as automation and robotics increase in the workplace, and more.

As the specialized intelligence of computers increases to complement humans at work, what skills will become increasingly important for people?

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From jobs to superjobs

As organizations embrace and adopt robotics and AI, they’re finding that virtually every job can be redesigned—creating new categories of work, including hybrid jobs and "superjobs."

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