Rise of the robots: How is the MBA responding?

Since the application of robotics is largely confined to manufacturing and AI is still in its infancy, the answer now is obviously no. One LinkedIn author recently argued that business schools should be proactive and develop a "Robot MBA" for a future of intelligent non-human workers. Silliness aside, having transformed unskilled jobs, automation is set to disrupt professional life, where MBAs can be a point of differentiation for humans. "The automation we've seen in the last 100 years mostly replaced muscle," says Urs Peyer of Insead. A study by Deloitte and Oxford University found that 35 per cent of current jobs are at high risk of computerisation, with white collar professions among those most under threat.