The Digital Giants in 2018 – IMD
- August 8, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Conversations, Industry 4.0
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In mid-2017, we released a summary of the activities of 8 of the world’s largest digital giants, namely Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Snap, Alibaba, and Tencent.
4 Predictions for the Future of Work – WEF
- July 17, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Dialogue Series, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Skills, Workforce Resiliency
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I contemplate the future of work on a daily basis in both my professional and personal life. As a father of four children from four to 14 years old, and as a citizen of the world
Watch Live: Good Work in the New Machine Age – RSA
- July 4, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Conversations, Dialogue Series, Digital dividends, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Video, Workforce Resiliency
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From robotics that can pick and pack goods in warehouses with acute precision, to algorithms in healthcare that can diagnose cancers as accurately as trained pathologists
Flexibility in the Gig Economy: How Workers Manage Time on Online Piecework Platforms
- June 27, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Digital dividends, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0
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Gig economy platforms seem to provide extreme temporal flexibility to workers, giving them full control over how to spend each hour and minute of the day.
Decent Work in the Gig Economy?
- June 24, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Conversations, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Skills
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The future of work is approaching more quickly than most people might have guessed. The so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, is upon us, altering the way we live and work.
CICOPA report examined future of work for industrial and service co-operatives
- June 5, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Digital dividends, Digital Equality, Digital Inclusion, Industry 4.0, Policies, Reports
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CICOPA, the international organisation of industrial and service co-operatives, has launched a strategic paper analysing the challenges contributing to the transformation of work.
AI for Good Global Summit 2018 @ ITU
- May 15, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Conversations, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Policies, Video
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The 2nd edition of the AI for Good Global Summit will be organized by ITU in Geneva on 15-17 May 2018, in partnership with XPRIZE Foundation
The Future of Work in the Global South
- April 27, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Digital Inclusion, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Policies, Reports, Uncategorized
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Do new “digital jobs” offer opportunities for the Global South as they facilitate going beyond limited local job markets?
A Call for Lifelong Learning Models in the Digital Age
- April 23, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Digital dividends, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Reports
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In today’s knowledge economy, students experience a disconnect between the knowledge and skills they are equipped with during their time in the formal education system
What Skills are in High Demand? Evidence from the OECD Skills for Jobs Database
- April 18, 2018
- Laura Monti
- Digital dividends, Future scenarios, Industry 4.0, Policies, Reports, Skills, Workforce Resiliency
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Several trends, such as technological change, population ageing and globalisation, are simultaneously affecting the demand and supply of different types of skills. This can generate skill shortages, particularly in countries where supply is not sufficiently responsive to changes in skill demand. Despite the costs that these skill shortages can entail for employers and the economy,…