Robot-Proofing Your Career

With prospects of increased productivity and enormous profitability, businesses turn to automation to streamline their operations. Almost 50% of employers believe that by 2022, automation could lead to a reduction in their industry’s workforce, potentially putting millions of people out of a job. But there’s more to running a business than just increasing the bottom line – human skills are what make it possible. Today, nearly 20% of what we do at work could become automated, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Repetitive behaviors, repeatable tasks, and even predictable physical activity show the highest likelihood of automation, but this…...