Pandemic wave of automation may be bad news for workers
The need for social distancing led restaurants and grocery stores to seek technological help. That may improve productivity, but could also cost jobs....
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The T-shaped skillset: Building a multidisciplinary digital workforce
With support from Microsoft Canada, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) explored what support is needed for Canada’s digital workforce to acquire key artificial intelligence (AI) skills. The resulting...
More robots are entering Canadian workplaces – but they’re not all coming for our jobs
Companies tend to hire more people after buying robots: Statistics Canada researcher....
How HR leaders are preparing for the AI-enabled workforce
Awaiting AI’s prevalence, companies’ upskilling strategies range from doing nothing to empowering employees to set their own career paths....
COVID-19 will accelerate automation, and we must embrace it
Recessions are a critical time during which the economy undergoes productivity-enhancing transformation, through both within-firm automation and between-firm reallocation....
WEF says machines will create more jobs than they destroy
World Economic Forum report says advances in robotics and artificial intelligence will lead to a net increase in jobs over the next five years but the coronavirus pandemic will result...
These are the countries with the highest density of robot workers
Canada ranks 11th, with 165 robots per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing sector....
Why our concept of retirement is outdated – and how artificial intelligence can help
Rethinking retirement is not about taking away people’s opportunity to finally rest, but about empowering people with the choice to live life in a way that works for them...
The Secret to AI Is People
Competing in the age of AI is not about being technology-driven per se — it’s a question of new organizational structures that use technology to bring out the best in...
14 Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Disrupt Job Searches And Recruiting
AI can also help to identify candidates with strong person-job fit and person-organization fit during the recruitment, screening and selection process....