david walker director emerging technologies

David Walker –Director Emerging Technologies

1 The Global AI – Opportunity & Industrial Strategy

2 The High Skills Shortage – Start the Journey

3 Holistic Transformation – the impact of AI on Workforce

Industrial strategy in leading nations

China’s Leadership is establishing itself at the forefront of AI technology with an ‘AI First’ approach.

Made in China 2025 and New Generation Artificial Development Plan show the ambitions of the Country.

National investment is in the 10’s of Billions USD

AI has become a new focus of international competition. AI is a strategic technology that will lead in the future; the world’s major developed countries are taking the development of AI as a major strategy to enhance national competitiveness and protect national security.

China’s government and industry believe that they have largely closed the gap with the United States in both AI R&D and commercial AI products.

China now sees AI as “a race of two giants,” between itself and the United States.

Building AI on firm Foundations

Four specific technological advances will be key to economic development and growth between 2018-2020 according to the World Economic Forum

• Ubiquitous high-speed mobile internet;

• Artificial Intelligence;

• Widespread adoption of big data analytics

• Cloud technology

Data Enabled Leaders (Executive Literacy)

Data Project and Business Leaders

Organisational Data Literacy

Data Governance

Data Ethics

Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM expected 100% of Jobs to be effected by AI

As part of their open and transparent approach to future workforce strategy and the introduction of AI IBM reduced its global HR workforce by 30%

HR systems being uprooted by AI for the better. IBM’s internal career platform called My Career Advisor—no longer acts as a self serve system; instead the AI proactively recommends jobs to you based on skills, tenure, project work, rankings, and so on

Rometty’s pointed out to audience members that organisation’s ought to be considering three tactics to help with the transition to AI:

• Retrain current employees;

• Embrace people with less than a four-year degree;

• Reskilling employees by apprenticeships.

Exploring the Impact and the less obvious skills your workforce will need

SOURCE: SKILL SHIFT AUTOMATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORKFORCE

TOTAL IS FOR UNITED STATES AND 14 WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Skills with the biggest shift in demand

Hours spent in 2016Billion

-14 -158

24

55Change in hours spent by 2030%

General equipment operation and navigation

Inspecting and monitoring

Basic data input and processing

Basic literacy, numeracy & communication

Creativity

Complex information processing & interpretation

Entrepreneurship & initiative taking

Leadership & managing others

Advanced IT skills and programming

Basic digital skills

AUTOMATION WILL PROMPT A LARGER SHIFT IN DEMAND FOR WORKFORCE SKILLS AS IT TRANSFORMS OCCUPATIONS


Evolution in Skills categories% of time

Change in hours worked% difference

Developing creativity, cognitive reasoning, and reflective skills are critical for the human jobs of the future.


billion

United States, all sectors

%

-11

-14

9

26

60

Total 287

billion

Western Europe, all sectors

%

-16

-17

7

22

52

363

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