| Get back to work. No, seriously...
Now that the post-Thanksgiving food coma is behind you and the little bright lights of holiday parties are twinkling ahead, people have a curious habit of slowing down at work — setting their internal calendars to “out of office” and going on autopilot for the remainder of the year.
Want to get ahead? Then do not let this be you. The robots are coming. And they do not do slowing down. Instead, they keep speeding up and wanting more: more data to process, faster network technology and extra bandwidth to amplify all the machine learning they’re doing every time you click “like.”
But it’s not all bad news. In fact, our own tendency toward laziness may actually help humans thrive in the workplace for decades to come, despite all the doomsday predictions of AI-induced redundancy. Because not feeling fed up, frustrated or overworked means robots are not motivated to find smarter, quicker or more fun ways of doing things. Humans 1, Robots 0. |
| This is one of the topics up for discussion in the latest season of The Future of X — OZY’s newest podcast that explores the world 50 years from now. This season, hosted by me in partnership with Smartsheet, we’re exploring the future of the workplace, including interviews with Adam Grant, Simon Sinek, Keisha Howard, David Price, Liselotte Lyngsø, Tiffany Shlain and more.
Discover why the next privacy battle will be over your personal productivity score — and whether it gets revealed on LinkedIn. Hear why you may get a promotion by practicing Fortnite, and find out what it would be like to work alongside your 7-year-old.
When it comes to the workplace, I’m here to tell you: There is much to explore in the days, weeks and decades ahead. So please, don’t go on autopilot. Do put on a strong pot of coffee, roll up your sleeves and tune in to The Future of X over the next few weeks, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you listen.
Stay Curious, |
