While acknowledging that emerging
technologies have played an enormous
role in the disruption experienced in the
world today, it is difficult to ignore the
role played by millennials in proliferating
disruption; and by extension their part in
the creative destruction that continues
to remodel the world as we know it,
antiquating millions of jobs through
automation, artificial intelligence, and
the growth of platform economies while
generating demand for millions more
of new roles in data analytics, software
engineering, app designing and security.
That said, questioning whether millennials
are destroying, or disrupting is a
superfluous endeavour - emphasis should
rather be placed on the impact that the
adoption of technological advancement
by millennials has on the society. Are
businesses leveraging new technologies
to better understand and enhance their
business processes to remain relevant in
the emerging digital economy? Are we,
as individuals and businesses, leveraging
the opportunities available to avoid
being displaced in this era of exponential
technological growth?
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