Oxford Report: Technology At Work V2.0
By: Citi GPS January 26, 2016 It is a pleasure to introduce Technology at Work v2.0: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be. This report is the third in a long-term series of Citi GPS reports coproduced by Citi and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford in order to explore […]
Millions of jobs have disappeared
By: LinkedIn February 26, 2018 With rising automation and lowering tariffs on trade, the US manufacturing sector has seen sharp declines for decades. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after employing as much as 38% of the US workforce in the 1950s, just 9% of Americans are employed through manufacturing today — with more […]
A Future That Works
By: McKinsey Global Institute January 2017 Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are ushering in a new age of automation, as machines match or outperform human performance in a range of work activities, including ones requiring cognitive capabilities. In this report, part of our ongoing research into the future of work, we analyze […]
Digital America: A tale of the haves and have-mores
By: James Manyika, Sree Ramaswamy, Somesh Khanna, Hugo Sarrazin, Gary Pinkus, Guru Sethupathy, and Andrew Yaffe December 2015 Digital capabilities, adoption, and usage are evolving at a supercharged pace. While most users scramble just to keep up with the relentless rate of innovation, the sectors, companies, and individuals on the digital frontier continue to push […]
The technical potential for automation in the US
By: McKinsey August 28, 2019 Many types of activities in industry sectors have the technical potential to be automated, but that potential varies significantly across activities. Read Full Article
Employee Happiness and Business Success Are Linked
By: The Economist July 31, 2019 A new study (PDF) by Christian Krekel, George Ward and Jan-Emmanuael de Neve finds a link between employee happiness and business success. “The study, based on data compiled by Gallup, a polliging organization, covers nearly 1.9 million employees across 230 separate organizations in 73 countries,” reports The Economist. From […]
A society’s values and beliefs matter for its economy
By: The Economist July 25, 2019 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN is more than text on a red cap. It is an argument about the nature of American success: one which President Donald Trump elaborated on in racist comments last week. On July 21st he questioned whether four Democratic congresswomen, all non-white, were “capable of loving […]
Conglomerates will never die out, but their form is evolving
By: The Economist February 21, 2019 Industrial conglomerates have long been considered the megafauna of the corporate world: big beasts like mastodons, who were condemned to extinction by spear-wielding corporate raiders in the 1980s. But a better analogy is with cockroaches because, against the odds, conglomerates have refused to die out. They flourish in most climates […]
Divisions of Labor – The Future of Work
By: Barbara Ehrenreich February 28, 2017 The working class, or at least the white part, has emerged as our great national mystery. Traditionally Democratic, they helped elect a flamboyantly ostentatious billionaire to the presidency. “What’s wrong with them?” the liberal pundits keep asking. Why do they believe Trump’s promises? Are they stupid or just deplorably […]