The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2023

While the furor around robots taking our jobs has largely died down in recent years (not least due to the lack of any real evidence that it’s happening), it remains inevitable that the introduction of new technologies will cause disruption in the labor market. Across four categories of jobs, there were some noticeable differences.

Technology 100

Technology Osborne Skills Learning-by-Doing 100

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

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 94

Osborne Competitive Advantage Technology Skills 94

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Now, however, we’re in a third-generation of the learning organization, with new technologies speeding up the rate at which we can both absorb new information and test our assumptions. Hiring your way out of this skills gap isn’t a sustainable approach, so organizations need to get better at upskilling the workforce.

Osborne 95

Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen 95

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 at Work. I was understandably curious therefore to see if Technology at Work 4.0

Technology 64

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The last few weeks have been abuzz with news and fears (well, largely fears) about the impact chatGPT and other generative technologies might have on the workplace. Indeed, a report from the company itself suggested that “most” jobs will be at risk in some way due to their technology. job market.

Productivity 92

Productivity Products Altman Osborne 92

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 6, 2020

Despite minimal evidence of technological redundancies since the famous paper on the topic by Carl Frey and Michael Osborne in 2013, fears have barely abated in the intervening years. Technology can also disempower workers and be used to intrusively monitor their every action.” ” Augmenting work.

Osborne 81

Osborne Technology Quality Cost 81