Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, has announced the organization has been honored as one of Australia's Best Places to Work in 2020 based on recently published employee survey data from Great Places to Work, an independent research firm. This year's Great Place to Work benchmarking study included nearly 40,000 Australian-based employees representing 124 companies. Designed to evaluate employee engagement and trust levels across Australian workplaces, the 2020 study process also provides visibility into how organizations are inspiring, inventing, and innovating with new initiatives whilst navigating through a changing landscape due to COVID-19. "We're honored to be recognized as one of Australia's best places to work which is especially meaningful in these unprecedented times," says Nintex Vice President of APAC Sales Christian Lucarelli. "At Nintex, we believe that people are most important. We care for our team members and treat each other with respect and consideration at all times, and it's also how we interact with every customer and partner who are part of our growing global Nintex community."

That's what we might call the stock image of automation fears. It's the picture that graces the news story about grim job-loss forecasts or think pieces about whether the robots are'coming for our jobs.' This is who the robot threatens, who is afraid of the robot: older, semi-skilled, probably uneducated men in the manufacturing industries. Except it's not exactly true: Just about everyone, it turns out, is afraid that automation is going to erase their jobs, even the youngest, most starry-eyed among us. Studies have shown that automation has impacted some of the youngest members of the workforce the most, and a new bit of market research reveals that so-called Generation Z is already plenty worried about the phenomenon.

In this special guest feature, Alain Gentilhomme, Chief Technology Officer at Nintex, explores the top AI and process automation trends we can expect to see throughout the rest of the year. One of the most useful developments in artificial intelligence this year will be the convergence of artificial intelligence and process automation. Alain Gentilhomme brings more than 25 years of experience with product development, product management and technical leadership experience to Nintex. Prior to joining Nintex, Alain was senior vice president of engineering and product management at Parallels, where he provided technology leadership and led the company's product strategy. Alain has an electrical engineering degree from the Grenoble National Polytechnic University, and a master's degree and PhD in electrical engineering from Grenoble INP, the PhD focused on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.