The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

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.

Technology 64

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Since Frey and Osborne’s hugely popular paper in 2014, the traditional narrative surrounding automation at work has been that millions of jobs will be lost to the march of technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence. Highly-skilled professionals are very good at what they do, better than their managers.

Osborne 95

Osborne Competitive Advantage Technology Skills 95

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2019

Whilst the likes of the Frey and Osborne paper predicted a pretty widespread demolition of 47% of all jobs, the reality is that those with low-skilled, routine jobs are far more at risk. The thing is, those with low skills have been on the receiving end of pretty much every shift in the labor market over the past decade.

Technology 69

Technology Osborne Education Skills 69

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. In a study conducted with Google Europe , Roland Berger assessed the digital maturity of French companies, looking into three distinct dimensions: equipment, practices and uses, and organization and skills.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It has also has inspired scholarship by academics such as Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne of Oxford University, who estimate that 47% of occupations in the United States could be automated within 20 years, and David Autor of MIT, who argues that the ability of machines to take on human jobs is vastly overstated.

Osborne 8

Osborne Technology McKinsey Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Amidst the acrimony, it seems hard to imagine that public leaders could envision and operate such a platform, or that private innovators could work with them more collaboratively on it — but it’s not impossible. Without more public entrepreneurship, it’s hard to imagine meeting our public challenges or making the most of private innovation.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Osgood Storytelling Osborne 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2015

To grow and innovate, organizations have to come up with creative ideas. At the employee level, creativity results from a combination of expertise, motivation, and thinking skills. Osborn famously claimed that brainstorming should enhance creative performance by almost 50% versus individuals working on their own.

Brainstorming 8

Brainstorming Osborne Idea Generation Creativity 8