Preparing For Tomorrow's Workforce In A World Run By Machines

Our increasing fascination with the hyper-performance of machines, smart software and AI is casting a shadow over our elusive and ephemeral'human-only skills.' As our working environments shift dramatically it's time for a change in our performance metrics, too. My recommendation comes in the form of'Key Human Indicators,' designed to protect and encourage human agency in our future workforces. The current dialogue around the future of work is dominated by digitisation, cognification, automation and what I describe as the '10 Megashifts' in my recent book Technology vs Humanity. The conversation, however, rarely considers the humans in this equation.