Tag Archives: jobs & work

Will organisational effectiveness be managed by AI?

Posted on February 1, 2020 by

I have just blogged about using a digital twin to manage organisational effective.  But I was sceptical about how data would be collected.  But it seems I was wrong – at least according to this fastcompany.com article.  The headline is … Continue reading →

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Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production

Posted on January 27, 2020 by

This is one of the World Economic Forum’s “platforms” (here).  It “brings together a diverse community of 130+ organizations from more than 22 industry sectors, governments, academic institutions and civil society, to accelerate inclusive technology while stimulating innovation, sustainability and … Continue reading →

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How machines are changing the nature of work

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

PA Consulting have published a report “People and Machines“.  In it they identify the key applications of AI that are transforming work – advanced analytics, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, speech recognition, and emotion recognition.  They go on to … Continue reading →

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Emotional resilience and employee wellbeing

Posted on November 6, 2019 by

Robertsoncooper are a consulting firm whose mission is “to help business create more good days at work for their employees”.  They are a team of business psychologists whose work is focused around ’emotional resilience’ and ‘wellbeing’.  They have a YouTube … Continue reading →

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Operations Management and Human Resources

Posted on October 24, 2019 by

I have just been proof reading the chapter on ‘Managing the Workforce and Technology’ in the second edition of our book. Coincidently I came across this article by James Mabey, who is “Chief International Business Officer and Managing Director of … Continue reading →

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Working in an AI world

Posted on May 6, 2019 by

Interesting article from Deloitte Insights – “The new division of labour” – which discusses what working in the i4.0 context means.  Their basic argument is that we have always regarded tools as ‘instruments’, whereas AI is an ‘actor’.  This means … Continue reading →

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The Human+ Worker

Posted on February 21, 2019 by

Accenture argue that “all new jobs in the future” will require what they term “human+ workers” – that is to say digitally enabled workers.  Here’s their video on the subject.

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Ethical supply chain practices

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

Apple has been recognised for its efforts to stop labour malpractices, including slavery, along its supply chain, as explained here.  It has adopted a number of initiatives: initiated robust audit procedures of suppliers placed bans on contractors who force employees … Continue reading →

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How to make a motorbike every 18 seconds…

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

This video shows Hero Motorcycles mega factory in central India.

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Future jobs – how many and what kind?

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

I’ve blogged about this before, but McKinsey Global Institute have recently published this authoritative article that explores the future of work.  It summarises their report, “Jobs lost, jobs gained: Workforce transitions in a time of automation“.  This considers different scenarios up … Continue reading →

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