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Raising Pay Can Help Organizations Overcome The Talent Shortage

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the unemployment rate has remained low throughout the decade since Oxford’s Frey and Osborne ignited the latest wave of concern about the impact of technology on jobs. Ton argues that a more motivational and fulfilling approach is to cross-train employees so they can perform both customer-facing and non-customer-facing tasks.

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Avoiding The Technology Trap In The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so.

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The Problem-Solving Process That Prevents Groupthink

Harvard Business Review

First, few people get training in how to be creative in their education. Resolving the first issue requires getting your employees to learn more about the way they think… a tall order for managers. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). The second issue, though, is well within your ability to change.

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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Osborne from Oxford University calculated that about 47% of American jobs could disappear by 2020 due to digitization. These include administrative or middle management functions, which have historically provided jobs for the middle class. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A.