A new generation of smart machines, fuelled by rapid advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, could potentially replace a large proportion of existing human jobs, according to a ...

John Hawksworth 18 Sep 2018

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Education and Skills

7 ways to promote better research culture

From discussing failure to 'culture cafes', there are many ways research organizations can foster a culture that brings the best out of every individual.

Kelly Chaplin 18 Sep 2018

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Workforce and Employment

How can we build a workforce for our digital future?

In the customer realm, we have moved to mass personalization, down to the individual “segment of one". Why can’t we apply the same logic to employees?

Greg Caimi and Ouriel Lancry 18 Sep 2018

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India

Here's how India can soar in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Manufacturing fuelled the economic miracles of Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. Here's how it could turn India into a global powerhouse for the robot age.

Suchi Kedia 18 Sep 2018

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China

AI can solve China’s doctor shortage. Here’s how

China is aging more rapidly than almost any country in the world, its doctors are overburdened, and its healthcare system is creaking. Could robots come to the rescue?

Andy Ho 17 Sep 2018

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

This is the key to surviving the age of automation

Nurturing innovation and accessibility will make sure humans don't become obsolete with the arrival of robots.

Lee Jong-Wha · Project Syndicate 17 Sep 2018

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Workforce and Employment

Here are 5 ways for workers to win in the robot age

Robots are expected to replace millions of workers - but create jobs for even more. Find out what we need to do to turn the age of automation into the age of good, fulfilling, well-paid w...

Saadia Zahidi 17 Sep 2018

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Education, Gender and Work

5 things to know about the future of jobs

These some of the trends likely to influence the world of work between now and 2022, according to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs report 2018.

Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva and Till Leopold 17 Sep 2018

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Workforce and Employment

How artificial intelligence is shaking up the job market

As the growing presence of AI transforms the workplace, LinkedIn research into emerging skills around the world sheds light on a number of rising trends.

Igor Perisic 17 Sep 2018

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Information Technology

We won't win the online security war without people power

As companies and organizations struggle to keep pace with ever more inventive cyber scams, they need to remember that people, as well as technology, can provide solutions

Kevin Taylor 17 Sep 2018

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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Machine learning is tearing down language barriers. What does this mean for trade?

Rapidly improving automated translation could help promote trade between nations who speak different languages – and break open the Anglophone world of work.

Richard Baldwin 16 Sep 2018

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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Here are 4 ways AI will impact the financial job market

Will AI benefit the labour market over the next decade and beyond, or will it change it for the worse and replace human workers?

David He and Venessa Guo 14 Sep 2018

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Workforce and Employment

A four-day working week on full pay? Technological advances could make it possible

Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics may lead the way to a better work-life balance, say experts.

Alex Gray 14 Sep 2018

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ASEAN

ASEAN's reskilling challenge: here's how we prepare for the future of work

As many as 28 million workers could be displaced by technology over the next decade. Governments and businesses must come together to educate them for new roles.

Naveen Menon 12 Sep 2018

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Workforce and Employment

10 ways smaller teams can be more productive

Big companies can utlise smaller groups to solve large problems effectively - if they consider some key issues.

Chris DeBrusk · MIT Sloan School of Management 12 Sep 2018

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