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PERSONAL TRAINING
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Humans are at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution. It’s up to
humans to define what is ethical, learning from our flaws to ensure
that technology reflects the best of humanity, argued Institute of
Directors programme lead Janhavi Dadarka: machines learn what
humans teach them. Lucy Winkett, rector of St James’ Church in
Piccadilly, emphasised that our beliefs will shape algorithm planning.
HR must embrace the potential
of machines. HR should help
their people to befriend rather
than fear the rise of the
machines, urged Jonas Prising,
chairman and CEO of
ManpowerGroup. Tech frees
people to work at the top of
their abilit y. Rather than
engaging in a power struggle
with machines, humans must achieve
power over themselves, in order to
identify and dissolve the limits we have
unconsciously accepted, added author
and philosopher Robert Rowland Smith.
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Tech will transform
jobs and leadership.
Ed u c a t i o n a n d
E m p l oye r s’
director
of
operations Katy
Hampshire urged
business leaders to
help train and
inspire the next
generation, whose jobs landscape will
look very different to today’s. Equally, we
have much to learn from the digital
natives of generation Y, pointed out Duke
Corporate Education’s regional
managing director for Europe, Adam
Kingl, addressing the evolution of work,
m a n a g e m e nt a n d l e a d e r s h i p :
gen Y is giving us a model for more
human-centric leadership.
LESSONS
FROM OUR
FUTURE TALENT
CONFERENCE
2019
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xploring the role
of humanity in an
age of technology,
Changeboard’s sixth
Future Talent Conference
gathered 750 business
leaders, HR and talent
professionals and a range
of inspiring speakers to
London’s The Royal
Geographical Society
earlier this year. Here are
five key learning points
from the day.
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We all own the skills
gap. All learning must
be redefined for the
21st century, explained
City & Guilds Group
managing director
Kirstie
D o n n e l l y,
involving a mindset
shift towards lifelong
learning, delivered in a
variety of ways to suit
individual preferences
and learning styles. As
the world changes,
only those who adapt
can survive, warned author and
psychologist Matthew Syed, while
Dr Nigel Spencer, senior client
director at Saïd Business School,
proposed that ‘poly-technic’
(many-skilled) professionals will be
the business differentiators in an
automated world. Saïd
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Inclusion and respect
will be key to success.
Respect at work – or a
lack thereof – is a huge
talking point inside
and outside of the
workplace, asserted
Tracy Groves, CEO of Intelligent
Ethics. Inertia reinforces toxic
behaviour: are we complicit or
complacent? The changes driven by
technology provide an opportunity
to re-boot our thinking and redefine
the talent pools from which we can
source our future talent, concluded
Changeboard CEO Jim Carrick-
Birtwell. Leadership teams must
consider what constitutes true
inclusion and respect in a digital age.