Pédagogie & Technologie

The future of work: What does this term really mean? Much discussion has focused on artificial intelligence and whether or not robots will take our jobs, but cognitive technologies are only one aspect of the massive shift that is under way. To understand what’s going on and, more importantly, what we can do about it, it’s important to consider multiple converging trends and how they are already fundamentally changing all aspects of work—with implications for individuals, businesses, and society.

We define the future of work as a result of many forces of change affecting three deeply connected dimensions of an organization: work (the what), the workforce (the who), and the workplace

British educationalist Ken Robinson retains the distinction of getting the most viewed TED talk ever, and his broadly seen skewering of the contemporary education system was adorned upon in numerous presentations and books. He yells from an education system that was forged in the heat of the industrial revolution to create a workforce fit to execute the one task they’d need to do for the entirety of their working lives.

It is a system that is increasingly unfit for purpose, not only in terms of fulfilling the widely reported skills shortages in specialized disciplines, but also in skills such as collaboration and problem solving which are cited as being critical for the commercial revolution. With technology increasingly capable of performing routine tasks, it’s beholden on us to develop those skills that are fundamentally human.

They mention programs such as the Compte Personnel de Formation in France, which intends to supply all employees with access to 24 hours of training for each year they have been in the labor force.