What the World Will Look Like in 10 Years

Predicting the future is risky business. You never really know if you are going to get it right. While experts may not agree on exactly how work will change in the next decades, there is growing consensus that "we find ourselves at the edge of another industrial revolution," according to Professor Sabine Kunst, president of the Humboldt University, Berlin. "Advances in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Big Data are already profoundly shifting all aspects of society -- how we work, connect, organize politically, and learn as human beings," she continues. What to anticipate, how to manage these changes, and how to ensure humans do not get left behind is what business leaders, researchers, academics, policy makers, and innovators met to discuss at the recent SAP research round table on the Future of Work at the SAP Innovation Center in Potsdam, Germany.