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Experts: Kokomo highly susceptible to automation, but not time to panic

Experts: Kokomo highly susceptible to automation, but not time to panic

Northwestern High School senior Joe Johns is one of 20 high school students from around central Indiana who spent 12 weeks at one of the Kokomo area’s Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plants learning about manufacturing. Tim Bath | Kokomo Tribune A national report has found that Kokomo is the second-most susceptible metro area in the U.S. to potential automation, with more than a third of the city’s jobs considered to be at high automation risk.

But while those statistics, published last month by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, a D.C.-based nonprofit organization, tell an alarming story at first glance, researchers say […]

Is automation coming for Cincinnati jobs?

Is automation coming for Cincinnati jobs?

Julie Heath is the director of University of Cincinnati Economics Center at the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services. She also holds the Alpaugh Family Chair in Economics. (Photo11: JP Leong) The alarm has been sounding for a few years about the coming robot invasion and the jobs that will be displaced by automation.

Has it matched the hype? And what does it mean for the local labor market?

The effect of automation on labor markets is more nuanced than a robot-for-worker exchange. In some cases, automation can replace workers, but total substitution is not the norm. It is […]

National Leader In Manufacturer Highlights Need For Workers, Immigration During Iowa Visit

National Leader In Manufacturer Highlights Need For Workers, Immigration During Iowa Visit

View Slideshow 1 of 3 Kirkwood’s Industrial Technologies Dean Dan Martin shows off one of the school’s manufacturing training labs to college president Lori Sundberg and Jay Timmons, CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers.

The head of a U.S. manufacturing group highlighted the need for workers and immigration reform during a visit to Iowa.

Job retraining and immigration reform could help fill more positions in Iowa; those were some of the messages from the head of the National Association of Manufacturers.Staffers with NAM made stops at Sukup Manufacturing, a grain bin and metal building company in Sheffield, and […]

This 2020 Candidate Puts His Money on Universal Income

This 2020 Candidate Puts His Money on Universal Income

America needs a new vision of what it means for humans to work. That is the unique message of entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a man who hopes – against all odds – to ride his vision to the White House. Even in a large presidential primary field – and the 2020 roster of legitimate or semi-legitimate contenders is shaping up as the largest in party history – there are Americans who fill out the qualifying forms every four years, only to be completely ignored and then forgotten.

On paper, Andrew Yang is one of those Democratic presidential candidates. But he’s more […]

Industry 4.0 and the changing job landscape

Industry 4.0 and the changing job landscape

The world as we know it is on the brink of a revolution, driven by emerging technologies that are set to fundamentally alter our lives in unprecedented and unanticipated ways. This shift to Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, hinges off the increasing pervasiveness of digitisation.

As machines become more ‘intelligent’ and capable of learning, they are able to perform more and more tasks that were previously not possible. While this opens up many possibilities, it also means that the job landscape will become a very different place. As machines take over many mundane, repetitive tasks, some […]

Choosing a career? Consider the jobs and skills that won’t go out of style

Choosing a career? Consider the jobs and skills that won’t go out of style

There will be no shortage of career options for future generations as long as they plan ahead and acquire the rights skills, writes Lisa Denny from the University of Tasmania , in this piece republished from The Conversation.

Sensationalist claims that 40% of jobs in Australia won’t exist in the future are unhelpful for young Australians thinking about entering the workforce. The reality is some jobs will no longer exist, new jobs will be created and most jobs will undergo some form of transformation. The skills we need for work are changing, but young Australians can plan for these […]

The future of work – golden opportunity or potential disaster?

The future of work – golden opportunity or potential disaster?

The implications of a changing future world of work lie beyond the insomnia of business people. The accelerated automation of work threatens employment and the social contract underpinning society, writes Deidre Samson .

The big, bad, much-touted Fourth Industrial Revolution is truly with us. Driverless cars, delivery drones and robots, and digital assistants making dinner reservations are all a reality and no longer science fiction.

The writing is on the wall. Despite the best efforts of Donald Trump, the world continues to globalise and China continues to rise as a power. Changing demographics herald a new world with different values, […]

The “Fourth Bottom Line” – Human Capital Accountability

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Companies use various measures of performance to attract investors and other stakeholders, not only their financial performance, but also their “bottom lines” in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental impact. Now, as the 21 st century workplace demands the development of 21 st century skills, companies need a fourth bottom line: their commitment to human capital development.

The objective would be for companies around the world to become more transparent and accountable for how they develop employees and enable them to gain the requisite knowledge, skills, and character for the technology-enhanced workplace of today — and tomorrow. This could be […]

Robots to the fore – Key insights for New Zealand Business into RPA in 2019

Robots to the fore – Key insights for New Zealand Business into RPA in 2019

50 million tonnes of e-waste: IT faces sustainability challenges Vocus & Vodafone unbundle NZ’s fibre network Article by Quanton founder & MD, Garry Green

Humans and robots will be forging stronger ties this year as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – a digital transformation technology which deploys software robots to perform repetitive mundane tasks, in effect creating a virtual workforce of software robots and freeing employees up to do more complex, value adding jobs – moves further into the Kiwi business landscape. Garry Green, Founder/MD for Quanton, offers 4 insights into the market.

AI meets RPA for intelligent automation – […]

Industry 4.0 and the changing job landscape

Industry 4.0 and the changing job landscape

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A proactive approach to the changing business environment will benefit organisations and adapt to the change. Organisations in general, and HR departments in particular, will need to re-examine the way resources are deployed, and potentially invest in new skills for jobs that currently do not exist. Picture: Shutterstock The world as we know it is on the brink of a revolution, driven by emerging technologies that are set to fundamentally alter our lives in unprecedented and unanticipated ways. This shift to Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth Industrial Revolution, hinges off the increasing pervasiveness of digitisation.

As […]