Keynote at the Boye Digital Leadership Conference in Brooklyn, 7-9 May 2019. I looked at the hype around the future of work and gave examples of how for growing numbers of workers and organisations, the future is already a reality.

1. The Future of Work…
is already here

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8. Changing world
• Demographics
• Technology
• Customer preference
• Platforms
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9. Changing work
• Automation
• Augmentation
• Relationship
• Flexibility
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10. individuals organisations society
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12. “Some of the world’s largest
companies will employ no one
outside the c-suite within 10
years”
- Accenture
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14. employed
onsite
offsite
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17. “By 2025, machines will perform
more current work tasks than
humans”
- World Economic Forum
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20. 43%Some parts of my job have been
taken over by automation freeing
me up for more strategic work
Source: The State of Work Report, UK Edition, Workfront (2018)
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21. 40%I know people who have lost
jobs because of automation
Source: The State of Work Report, UK Edition, Workfront (2018)
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22. Scale:
Level 1: Simplification
Level 2: Monitoring
Level 3: Automation
Level 4: Machine intelligence structured
Level 5: Machine intelligence unstructured
#AIinPR today
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23. Scale:
Level 1: Simplification
Level 2: Monitoring
Level 3: Automation
Level 4: Machine intelligence structured
Level 5: Machine intelligence unstructured
#AIinPR in 5 years
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25. “Endless newbie is the new
default for everyone, no matter
your age or experience”
- Kevin Kelly
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29. The future of work is here…
it’s just not evenly distributed yet.
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31. Thank you!
sharon@lithos.partners
@sharonodea
@ lithospartners
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sharonodea.co.uk