The document discusses how the future of work will change due to technological advances in automation and AI. It predicts that jobs will constantly change and our definition of a good education will evolve. Diversity in technology fields will become more important, and the future will require empathy and a growth mindset. Specifically, lifelong learning will be necessary, education will value creativity over specialization, and diversity combined with empathy will lead to better products and technology.

1. The Future of Work
Growing Into
by Marta Svetek, Freeformers
@Martholio | @freeformers_uk

5. The world of work is changing

13. Anything that can be automated,
will be.

14. AI will inherit our values
and our prejudices

16. The Future of Work
1. Jobs will change, and keep changing
2. Our definition of a good education will change
3. Diversity in tech will be more important than ever
4. The future will be about empathy, and a Growth Mindset

17. 1. Jobs will change, and keep changing

19. Technological change will demand
stronger and more continuous connections between
education and employment.

20. Children starting school today will likely live and
work into the next century.

21. 2. Our definition of a good education will
change

23. Our Industrial Legacy
• Efficiency
• Strict hierarchy
• Mining human beings for desirable
skills
• Shape behaviour and skills to fit
industry needs

24. Frederick Winslow Taylor
Pioneer of
Scientific Management

25. It had a profound effect on our education
• Designed in the 20th century to meet the needs of
industrialism
• Forcing people to fit a certain mould
• Mistakes are the absolute worst thing you can do
• It assumed learning was finite

26. “You were benignly steered away during school from the things you
really liked, because they would never be useful or get you a job. In fact
the longer you held onto them, the more likely you were to be
stigmatised for it.”
– Sir Ken Robinson, 2016
The Result

28. Education of the future
1. We are going to rediscover the value in curiosity
and creativity
2. Learning will be recognised as a lifelong process
by formalised education
3. We’re moving away from a world where
hyperspecialism is seen as the key to a successful
career

29. The Expert-Generalist

30. 3. The future will be about diversity,
empathy,
and a Growth Mindset

31. Why does diversity matter?

32. Technology + diversity = better product-market fit

33. Empathy and social skills are critical

34. The Growth Mindset

36. So, what do we need to do?

37. 1. Stop pretending the way we did things for the past
100 years is the way things have always been done
2. Treat learning and education as a lifelong necessity
3. Be prepared to live and work more flexibly
4. Use diversity of thought to make products and
technology better
5. Hire and educate for mindset, curiosity and
empathy

39. The Future of Work
Growing Into
by Marta Svetek, Freeformers
@Martholio | @freeformers_uk

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