Category: Automation Impact on Jobs

Chennai Trade Centre to host first Automation Expo roadshow on May 3

The first ever road show on Automation Expo is being held as a prelude to the main event being organised in Mumbai from August 21. Chennai will be hosting the first Automation Expo Road Show to discuss the impact of AI and Robotics in process and factory automation.

The road show, to be organised as part of the Automation Expo 2024, would be held at the Chennai Trade Centre on May 3.

About 50 exhibitors from Mumbai would take part and display their exhibits.The organisers said they expected 500 to 1,000 users of instrumentation and automation to visit the road show.“This […]

HR Work Break: FTC’s Latest Noncompete Rule

HR Work Break: FTC’s Latest Noncompete Rule

The work and hiring landscape is rapidly changing. Are you keeping up? With the help of our sponsors, we created this brand new eBook to help you pave the way through your recruiting & talent acquisition path in 2024. We’ll discuss: How to manage a high-volume recruiting campaign Leading talent acquisition trends for 2024 How […] How Task Automation and Employee Self-Service Are Reshaping the HR Experience

In our “HR Task Automation and Employee Self-Service” survey conducted in mid-2023, we collected responses from 831 HR professionals about the significant role of technology in their industry. The findings highlight […]

Call center jobs at risk as AI advances, TCS CEO K Krithivasan warns

Call center jobs at risk as AI advances, TCS CEO K Krithivasan warns

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO K Krithivasan has forecasted a big shift in the call center industry, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) said to dramatically reduce the need for traditional call centers within a year or so.

Advertisement Krithivasan believes that chatbots equipped with generative AI will be designed to analyse customer transaction histories and perform tasks traditionally handled by call centre agents. Photo: Bloomberg In Short

TCS CEO K Krithivasan has predicted a big shift in the call center industry He warns that AI could dramatically reduce the need for traditional call centers He predicted that this could happen […]

Lehigh Valley companies turn to automation to address labor shortage

Lehigh Valley companies turn to automation to address labor shortage

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Will Robots Replace Warehouse Workers?

Will Robots Replace Warehouse Workers?

At a warehouse located near Luton, a new and innovative system has been implemented to revolutionise the way orders are fulfilled for online shoppers . Recently highlighted in a BBC article, this advanced system showcases how robots navigate grids to quickly gather items for delivery. Unlike the early days of online shopping where human workers manually collected items, these robots perform the task with speed and precision.

Powered by sophisticated software and artificial intelligence, these robots operate alongside human staff to streamline the order fulfilment process. They navigate through the warehouse, selecting and delivering items to robotic arms equipped with […]

Sam Altman’s “one-person unicorn” and the future of the office

Sam Altman’s “one-person unicorn” and the future of the office

Sam Altman’s “one-person unicorn” and the future of the office

Back in January 2024, OpenAI’s Sam Altman captured headlines for his speculation at the coming of the world’s first one-person billion-dollar company, enabled by advances in AI. This follows a series of notably low-headcount businesses reaching this status in the past, including Instagram’s 2012 sale to Facebook ( with a 13-person headcount ).

Luke Graham · Follow Published in Pi Labs Insights ·4 min read·5 hours ago–Technology and automation have had a longstanding impact on employee headcount, with industrial and agricultural examples dating back generations (even centuries). Critics […]

5 Key Economic Impacts And Strategic Implications Of AI For Leaders

5 Key Economic Impacts And Strategic Implications Of AI For Leaders

Liz Bacelar and Sophia the robot as a special guest of the Impact18 congress held in ICE Congress The economic impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not just significant, but also complex, influencing various aspects from individual firms to global financial structures. Understanding these impacts is crucial for business leaders as it can guide their decision-making and help them adapt to the evolving business landscape. Strategically, AI acts as a catalyst for innovation and a disruptive force, reshaping industries and altering competitive dynamics. A leader should know the following 5 economic impacts and strategic implications of AI. 1. Productivity […]

Can SaaS Selling Be Automated? As Long As It’s Personal

Can SaaS Selling Be Automated? As Long As It’s Personal

getty In the past few years, market conditions have caused many SaaS companies to shift focus from growth at all costs to profitability. Pair this trend with the fast growth of automation and generative AI, and many sales teams have adopted these tools in a race to do more with less. Any quick change raises a lot of questions. Have the scales tipped too far toward automation versus the human touch? Which areas of SaaS sales can be automated, and which ones never will?

A recent McKinsey survey looked at what top-performing B2B tech and telecom companies do compared to […]

Germany’s Hannover Messe kicks off, focusing on industrial sustainability

Germany's Hannover Messe kicks off, focusing on industrial sustainability

An industrial welding robot of Siasun Robot and Automation Co Ltd is seen at Hannover Messe 2024 in Hannover, Germany, April 22, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] HANNOVER, Germany — Hannover Messe 2024, Germany’s leading industrial trade fair, kicked off on Monday with a clear emphasis on carbon-neutral production and hydrogen fuel cells.

The exhibition, focused on "energizing a sustainable industry," runs until Friday and attracted almost 4,000 exhibitors from around 60 countries and regions. Among them, Chinese exhibitors accounted for 30 percent of participants, second only to the host Germany, according to the organizer.

This year’s trade fair also features key topics including […]

LinkedIn CEO says galvanizing 18,000 employees to shift objectives to AI hasn’t been easy but they’ve worked to ‘create a movement around it’

On this episode of Fortune ’s Leadership Next podcast, co-hosts Alan Murray and Michal Lev-Ram sit down with LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky to discuss the company’s metamorphosis into an AI company. The interview covers topics ranging from the reasons for the change to how people should think about jobs in the future. Roslansky also explains why the future will be more about building for agility instead of stability.

Listen to the episode or read the transcript below. Transcript

Alan Murray: Leadership Next is powered by the folks at Deloitte who, like me, are exploring the changing rules of business leadership […]