Our ultimate job is to be human: Futurist Gerd Leonhard on the Future of Work & Jobs (audio)

Here’s the bottom line: how, where, when and WHY we work is changing rapidly as the Megashifts such as digitisation, virtualisation, automation and cognification (AI or better, IA) accelerate and increasingly result in the dis/replacement of human routines. Yet I propose that the End of Routine does NOT mean the end of human work.

As technology advances, so too will the need for broad educational reform to shift people’s focus from mostly routine tasks to more future-oriented, creative, and human-only forms of work. This will have dramatic implications on society as a whole because as I like to say, “If you work like a robot, a robot will take your job.”

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Author: Gerd Leonhard

In the words of American poet John Berryman, “the possibility that has been overlooked is the future”. Most of us are far too busy coping with present challenges to explore the future in any depth – and when we do our own cravings and fears often run away with us, resulting in utopias or dystopias that are not very helpful in terms of planning and decisions. Today’s professionals, leaders and their organisations need a dedicated, passionate long-term understanding of the future if they are to successfully navigate the exponential waves of change. For countless individuals and organizations that intelligence is called Gerd Leonhard. View all posts by Gerd Leonhard