The Future of Labor: It's Not All Robots in the Workplace - ReadWrite

Is the robot revolution arriving sooner -- and with more devastating force -- than you once believed? While much of the automation discussion has surrounded blue-collar careers in manufacturing and transportation, recent studies on the subject see a much wider range of jobs being affected. According to an algorithm developed in 2013 by researchers at Oxford University, 47 percent of U.S. jobs could be automated "in the next decade or two." A more recent multinational study puts 210 million jobs in 32 countries at risk. Now is not the time to panic; now is the time to take action to set your company up for the shifting landscape of work in a way that will protect your business and your most valuable employees.