Conversations: Feb 20, 2012

The Future of Work

Gartner has predicted ten Mega Trends that will shape work in future. The first one makes the most amount of sense. Read them here http://bbc.in/zZI4BX

Trend #1: De-routinisation of work.

The core value that people add does not lie in processes that can be automated. It lies in the non-routine, uniquely human, analytical or interactive contributions that people make, which often relate to discovery, innovation, teaming, leading, selling and learning.

My take on trend no 1: Does that mean that work will no longer be dreary but it will demand a lot of Creativity and give us all a chance to exploit our potential? I think the low end jobs will get outsourced - until they can be automated. Hence the workplace for humans will need skills that the current education system does not seem to provide or train enough. Until the change happens in the schools and colleges, we will continue to produce humans who remain miserable in the workplace.

10 Skills for the Workplace of the Future

The Winter 2012 Issue of MIT Sloan Management Review features an article by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee’s called “Winning the Race With Ever-Smarter Machines”.Skills That Will Remain in Demand In a Computer-Rich World.

1. Applied math and statistics

2. Group Dynamics & Negotiation

3. Good Writing

4. Framing Problems and solving open ended problems?

5. Persuasion

6. Human Interaction & Nurturing eg the job of a nurse.

What would you say will be skills for the future workplace? Or maybe the ones that we need today that people are woefully short of?

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