Just like horses were made redundant as a mode of transport when Henry Ford started mass producing cars early last century, there’s a growing fear that humans will also soon face being put out to pasture. That’s the controversial message at the heart of this viral video on robotics currently doing the rounds on the […]
On Sky Business TV tonight with @PeterSwitzer @ 7.30 to discuss the #FutureOfWork with the Microsoft team around their #lifeondemand white paper, tune in and see where the brave new world of work, life and stuff is headed.
A couple of weeks ago I made an off-handed comment on the changing nature of the workplace and how we must evolve the way we work, not just the work we do so that work becomes appropriate to where and when it is best done. The nature of our work is changing from an industrial […]
By Isaac Egan and Phil Staley On the surface the three-day working week might seem like it only benefits the employee, but business futurist Morris Miselowski says there are broader benefits to the concept than you might think. Mr Miselowski says there will always be industries in which you need to be there for a […]
There’s a proposal flying around that taking a 3 day weekend will enhance our health, well-being, family, society and economy. It is based on having more time to relax and unwind, its speaks to the ability to be more efficient and focused on your 4 days of work and the possibility of hiring others to […]
This week Sky Business’s Marty Switzer and I looked at the Future of Work, that can in a phrase be summarised as back to the future. As we move through the next few years and decades work will increasingly be dictated by outcome and not hours spent, as we move into a workplace that requires […]