Organisations must act now to shape use of AI

A panel at the launch of Roffey Park's Management Agenda 2018 report discussed the challenge of managing remote workers and the importance of cognitive diversity Organisations must act now to embrace technology and shape it in a way that works for them, agreed a panel speaking at the launch of this year's Management Agenda report from Roffey Park. A key focus of this year's report was AI and the fourth industrial revolution. Surveying nearly 700 managers, it found that only 17% believe their organisation has the leadership and people skills to take advantage of AI, and only 38% that their organisation is investing in reskilling employees to keep pace with technology. It also found that 21% of managers don't think their organisation has the technical skills and expertise to take advantage of AI. Speaking on the panel, Siân Harrington, founder of The People Space and former publisher of HR magazine, commented that she was actually surprised that the 38% figure was so high.