7: Tell Me How To Design A Machine to Replace You
Based on a study by OECD published in 2018, 14% of jobs across 32 countries will likely be automated. It may include your job. Maybe the next meeting that you are going into is with the consultant or technology vendor, who is trying to understand what you do now, so that it can be performed better, cheaper, faster by an Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation. How can you respond to the possibility that you may be replaced by machinery? If you are managing a project to create these machinery, how can you help your fellow workers manage the change? In this episode, Dr Yong will share how she changed the perspectives of individuals within an organisation undergoing such a transformation.
References:
1. Study by McKinsey and Company: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-scary-and-exciting-future-of-jobs
2. OECD study: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/04/24/a-study-finds-nearly-half-of-jobs-are-vulnerable-to-automation
3. Switch Framework: See Switch – How to change things when change is hard. Heath, Chip & Heath, Dan (2010). London, Random House Business Books.
4. The quote "Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change" in the introduction to the podcast is attributable Dr Wayne Dyer, an internationally renowned author and speaker in the fields of self-development and spiritual growth. Source of quote: Dyer, W. (2009), Success Secrets, Retrieved from https://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/success-secrets/
1. Study by McKinsey and Company: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-scary-and-exciting-future-of-jobs
2. OECD study: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/04/24/a-study-finds-nearly-half-of-jobs-are-vulnerable-to-automation
3. Switch Framework: See Switch – How to change things when change is hard. Heath, Chip & Heath, Dan (2010). London, Random House Business Books.
4. The quote "Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change" in the introduction to the podcast is attributable Dr Wayne Dyer, an internationally renowned author and speaker in the fields of self-development and spiritual growth. Source of quote: Dyer, W. (2009), Success Secrets, Retrieved from https://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/success-secrets/