Is your profession under threat from robots?

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to design digital workplaces or “offices in the cloud.” These environments enable companies to allow flexible and remote working for their teams. I also teach the digital literacy, fluency, communication and collaboration skills needed to work in these modern technology-rich workplaces.

There is no going back. All we need to do is learn how to use this technology to augment our skills and if that is not possible then we need to learn new skills altogether.

If you have children thinking of a profession then this is sage advice at this point:

“The worst choice a student could make would be to make a major investment in acquiring skills in some fundamentally routine and predictable occupation” – excerpt from The robots are coming for the professions