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Analogy

A century ago, computers were jobs. It was probably one of the most mentally challenging work functions of its day. Today, machines perform computations billions of times faster than people and large computations are no longer done by hand. In upcoming decades, many white-collared jobs and professions will undergo the same transition, re-defining our roles in the workflow and the new competencies required.

Intelligence will be everywhere. And they will be mostly non-human.

Machines will answer most questions better than humans.

• Our value-add will become less of providing answers and more of asking right questions. • The “why” becomes more important than the “how”, which is a higher form of intelligence.

• Whenever machines replaces human operators, old jobs are lost and new jobs are created. • New jobs are those that transcend machines. The new machine masters (i.e. innovators, entrepreneurs, creative engineers) will triumph.

My Predictions for 2030s

Agriculture

Industrial

Innovation

Farmers

Operators

Innovators

Value

Creation

Time

Many of the jobs we educate children for will not exist

Many of the new jobs still do not yet exist

WE ARE HERE

Inflexion Point

“there’s never been a worse time to be a worker with only ‘ordinary’ skills and abilities to offer, because computers, robots, and other digital technologies are acquiring these skills and abilities at an extraordinary rate.”

“Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power—the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments—what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power.”

Machines Are The New Workforce

2011 2012 2009 2012 << Written By Tech

Entrepreneurs, MIT

Professors, Computer

Scientists. Now Entering

Mainstream.

“A Robot in Every Home”,

Bill Gates, 2006

“Why Software is Eating

the World”,

Marc Andreesson, 2011

“Algorithms

Control Wall

Street”,

WIRED,

2010

“More Jobs Predicted For

Machines, Not People”,

NYT, 2011

“Marathon

Machine”,

Economist, 2011

“Robot

Revolution –

Your Job May

be Next”,

Fiscal Times,

2011

“It’s Man vs Machine

Recovery”,

Bloomberg BW, 2012

“Robots Are

Taking Mid-Level

Jobs”,

ComputerWorld,

2011

“When Droids Take Your Job”,

LA Times, 2011

Machines Are The New Workforce

2014

The Machines are Catching Up

• IBM’s Watson 2011 Landmark Victory in Jeopardy!

• Google’s Self-Driving Car

• Baxter Robot

• Apple’s Siri Voice Assistant

• Narrative Science’s News Writing Bot

• Wall Street Trading Algorithms

• Google Translate

(1) Science Fiction is Now or Will Soon Be Reality!

(2) Recent Technology Advancements Shocked Everybody

(3) Technology Will Replace Not Only Blue Collar, But Many White Collar Jobs

(4) Entrepreneurs Prefer Machines to People

We are on the verge

of tipping point

Machines Are The New Workforce

Human Capability

Machine Capability

2020s

Robotic Revolution

Smart Algorithms

3D Printing

APPROACHING SUB-ZERO COST

OF COMPUTING, STORAGE &

BANDWIDTH

Machines Are The New Workforce

Machines Are The New Workforce

Machines Are The New Workforce

KNOW & APPLY

JOBS

IMAGINE, INVENT & INNOVATE

JOBS

“ROUTINE” “CREATIVE”

“POST-GOOGLE, THE

ALL KNOWING ONE”

“PRE-GOOGLE”

“APPLICATION OF

KNOWLEDGE”

“REAL WORLD

PROBLEM SOLVING”

“SOLUTION ORIENTED”

“WELL DEFINED &

DISCRETE STEPS”

“OPERATOR” “INNOVATOR”

NEW VS OLD JOBS

“TECHNOLOGISTS”

KNOW & APPLY

JOBS

IMAGINE, INVENT & INNOVATE

JOBS

“CONTENT” IS KING

“CREATIVITY”

“COLLABORATION”

“COMMUNICATION”

“CRITICAL THINKING”

“CURIOSITY”

NEW VS OLD EDUCATION

Half-Life of Skills: 10-15 years Half-Life of Skills: 2-5 years

OLD GAME NEW GAMES

NEW VS OLD CAREERS

• Eye for New Opportunities

• New Ways to Create Value

• Risk Taking

• Repurposing Capabilities

• Agility & Dynamism

• Tran-disciplinary

• Relentless Learning

• Ability to Sell & Influence

= Entrepreneurial +

Creative!

NEW VS OLD CAREERS

“In a Hyper-competitive and Hyper-connected

World, there will no employees and workers.

Everyone will be a BUSINESS OF ONE. Not

everyone needs to be an entrepreneur but

everyone needs to be entrepreneurial in their

careers.”

BUSINESS

MODEL

COMPETITIVE

ADVANTAGE

PRICING CUSTOMER/S

BRANDING

MARKET

SEGMENT

You, Inc.

COMPETENCIES

BUSINESS OF ONE

“The Past is Owned By Those Who Know.

The Present is Controlled by Those Who Think.

The Future Belongs to Those Who Can Imagine.”

Charlie Ang

WE ARE A FAMILY OF PASSIONATE & ACCOMPLISHED

INNOVATORS WITH DIVERSE INDUSTRY, DOMAIN &

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

The Innovators Institute is a professional

development centre, peer support network and

global expert resource for innovation leaders,

professionals and novices.

Our role is to inspire, nurture and accelerate

innovators to drive the Innovation Economy and

re-invent the world for the better.

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