Why a computer may be your next manager

There's a new drinking game that is sweeping across after-work corporate watering holes. Everyone takes turns guessing how long it will be until their job is automated out of existence. After every guess, everyone drinks. There is a steady drumbeat of news and analysis that predict a certain demise of much of modern work. You could even put my last CIO article, "The'future of work' in the digital era may not be what you think," in that category. These predictions have left many rank-and-file corporate workers trying to sort out what's really happening and what to do next.