June 26, 2019
Jobs upheaval as world adapts to era of automation
A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit and UiPath claims that organisations around the world currently making extensive use of automation technologies, with 67 percent of UK business executives claiming to be satisfied satisfied with the results of their automation initiatives, 48 percent describing their organisation’s progress with automation as advanced, and 73 percent expecting their company’s operating costs to improve as a result of automating business processes. It is published on the same day as another report suggests that up to 20 million manufacturing jobs could be lost to robots across the world’s leading economies by 2030, replaced by a range of new jobs. More →
June 27, 2019
We are running out of time to find the meaning of work
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Flexible working, Technology, Wellbeing, Workplace design