Technology and the way we use it is booming and is only expected projected to grow in coming decades. But what impact will this have on the way we work and get paid? What kind of skills will employers look for and how can people and upcoming Entrepreneurs prepare?

1. The
Future
of Work
Kristjan Kristjansson, Co-Founder & CEO @ 50skills
Next level business forum
2018 October 11th | 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.

7. All-in-one recruiting platform designed for
messaging apps and automation of hiring

9. The Future of Work?
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10. How will the world look like
in “the future”.
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11. @kristjanfreyr
Lets look at some numbers

12. 4 income levels
Income per person in dollars per day
adjusted for price di!erences.
Source: https://www.gapminder.org/topics/four-income-levels/

13. $2 $8 $32

15. How will people at the age of
20
be di!erent from today?
40 60

16. Infrastucture vs tech-stack
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17. Source: https://www.usv.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-infrastructure-phase
First, apps inspire infrastructure.
-> Then that infrastructure enables new apps.

18. Source: https://www.usv.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-infrastructure-phase
“YouTube could be built in 2005 but not in 1995 because
YouTube only makes sense after the deployment of
infrastructure like broadband in the early 2000’s, “
-Dani Grant and Nick Grossman

19. Source: https://www.usv.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-infrastructure-phase

20. Source: https://www.usv.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-infrastructure-phase

21. Didn’t exist 10 years ago
iPad
Snapchat
Spotify
Stripe
Chrome
AirBNB
Oculus
Instagram
GPS on smartphonesKickstarter

22. Lets look at recent trends
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23. Algorithms that
respond to
customer-
service inquiries
Source: https://www.livechatinc.com/blog/chatbots-improve-customer-service/

24. source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kIekmfaGd0
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Machines that cook food

25. Machines that read x-rays
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPcqQtWiKM8
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26. Cars that drive themselves

28. Recent Reports

29. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/jobs-lost-jobs-gained-what-the-future-of-work-will-mean-for-jobs-skills-and-wages

30. 50%
Of current work activities are
technically automatable
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/jobs-lost-jobs-gained-what-the-future-of-work-will-mean-for-jobs-skills-and-wages

31. 6/10
Current occupations have more
than 30% activities that are
technically automatable
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/jobs-lost-jobs-gained-what-the-future-of-work-will-mean-for-jobs-skills-and-wages

32. By 2030
10-800 million jobs displaced by
adoption of automation
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/jobs-lost-jobs-gained-what-the-future-of-work-will-mean-for-jobs-skills-and-wages

33. By 2030
Workforce that might need to
change occupational category
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/jobs-lost-jobs-gained-what-the-future-of-work-will-mean-for-jobs-skills-and-wages

34. Increase in AI will increasy
productivity and growth.

35. Increase in AI will increasy
productivity and growth.
But millions of people will need to
switch jobs or upgrade their skills.

36. But what are those skills?

37. Lets start with a few things
that millennials everyone have
started doing di!erently.

38. Communication
has hanged.
is changing

39. Source: The Messaging App Report, Business Insider
Messaging apps
have surpassed
social networks

40. Source: The Messaging App Report, Business Insider
Messaging apps
are growing
exponentially

41. Most popular mobile messaging apps
worldwide as of july 2018, based on number
of monthly active users (in millions)
0
400
800
1200
1600
Telegram Line Snapchat Viber Skype QQ Mobile WeChat Facebook Messenger Whatsapp
1.500 M
1.300 M
1.040 M
806 M
300 M260 M255 M
203 M200 M
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/258749/most-popular-global-mobile-messenger-apps/

42. Source: The Messaging App Report, Business Insider
~60% of US
millennials and
gen Xers have
used chatbots
on a messaging
app

43. “The way we have been taught
to work, is perfectly suited for a
world that no longer exists.”
- David Cancel, CEO @ Drift.

44. Predictions for the
21st century

45. People will want:
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Services 24/7 everywhere

46. People will want:
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Everything in real time

47. People will want:
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Everything in channels they
are used to using

48. People will want:
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To talk with a human

49. People will want:
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To have Personalized services

50. People will want:
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To switch jobs frequently

51. People will want:
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Get hired in an automated way

52. But what are those skills?

53. Here is a list of modern
tools that the new generation
wants to use in their day-to-day
work

54. Modern Finance apps

55. Modern Back-o#ce apps

56. Modern Collaboration apps

57. Modern Collaboration apps

58. Modern Curation & Sourcing apps

59. Modern Design & Creativity apps

60. Modern Developer tool apps

61. Modern HR & Legal apps

62. Modern Marketing & Analytics apps

63. Modern Marketing & Analytics apps

64. Modern Sales & CRM apps

65. Modern Social Media & Advertising apps

66. Modern Storage & File Sharing apps

67. Modern Task & Project Management apps

68. Modern Task & Project Management apps

69. Modern User Support & Survey apps

70. A ten year old today communicates
di!erently then a ten year old
did ten years ago

71. When employers hire in
2
years from now.
5 25
Employers will look into the skills people have
and the time it takes for them to acquire them

72. Discussions
Kristjan Kristjansson
CEO & CO-Founder
50skills.com