How AI Is Changing the Future of Work

According to the World Economic Forum, the remainder of this decade will bring major transformation for workers.

You might expect the usual suspects. Technical skills will indeed continue to be important as jobs like software engineering stay in high demand, but you might be surprised by the other roles to make the list:

While phenomena like the climate crisis are driving a demand for workers in the agricultural and building sectors, every profession on the list following will require a specific set of soft skills from workers:

• Creative thinking
• Resilience
• Flexibility
• Agility
• Curiosity
• Lifelong learning
  

Why these particular traits? We have some ideas.

While AI and Big Data are shaping the future of work in the obvious ways–increasing demand for machine learning engineers and those trained with the right technological literacy–the downstream effects of a technological revolution is this: Change in the workplace is about to pick up the pace.

Yes, AI is changing how engineers build apps. But AI is also changing how we expect apps to function. It’s changing the way we search for things online. It’s changing how we decide which pair of shoes to purchase, or how we order a coffee.

Technology revolutions don’t just change the tools we use in our daily lives–at work and outside of work–it changes the way we get work done, how we collaborate with each other, or how quickly we expect a task to get done. It can change the entire culture of a workplace.

Those of us on the older end of the workforce can remember work life without email or search engines. In another ten years, we can only guess what the norms of the workplace will be. But we know that those who are resilient, flexible, and curious will take to these changes with the enthusiasm necessary to forge the workplace cultures that will bring us into the future.

Quote we are pondering:

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”

                - John C. Maxwell

It’s time to empower your workforce with AI-powered tools that will change how work happens. Send us a message at hello@atiom.app to start driving the agility and curiosity your staff needs to carry your brand into the next decade.