Automation and innovation: Forces shaping the future of work

IT'S robots that mostly come to mind when you ask people about the future of work. Robots taking our jobs, to be specific. And it's a reaction that's two centuries old, in a replay of Lancashire weavers attacking looms and stocking frames at the start of the first Industrial Revolution. A secondary reaction, among a much smaller group, is the creation of new jobs in the coming fourth Industrial Revolution. On the left side are old industries, where some workers are being replaced by robots.