20. A tsunami of reports about AI, robotics,
machine learning, deep learning,
prediction machines, automation,
robotics, fourth industrial revolution or
[insert favorite phrase here].
28. Talkingpastone
another?
Accenture Survey (2018)
Auto Execs
ยง 84% say they will automate tasks or jobs to a โlarge
or very large degreeโ over next three years. (75% say
industry will be โtransformed.โ)
ยง 2% plan to significantly increase investment in skills
training.
Auto Workers
ยง 2/3 of employees say โintelligent machines will
make their jobs simplerโ and โencourage
creativity and innovation.โ
30. Andscaryonesโฆ
โIt will soon be obvious that
half our tasks can be done
better at almost no cost by
AI.This will be the fastest
transition humankind has
experienced,and weโre not
ready for it.โ
33. In the next thirty or
ten or five years,
47%1 or 60%2 or
between 6% and
39%3 of jobs will
change, disappear,
or be automated.
1 Source:The Future of Employment (the famous Oxford Study, 2013)
2 Source: McKinsey Global institute: A Future that Works (report on automation of work, not jobs, 2017)
3 Source: Forrester Research: Future of Jobs (report on jobs, automation, and augmentation, 2017)
34. We can safely say that โupcoming
workforce transitions could be very large.โ
McKinsey,WhattheFutureofWorkwillmeanforJobs,SkillsWages(2017)
40. Thestomachchurners.ยง 3.8% Unemployment, but dramatic rise in gig
economy: 54-68M workers lack benefits of โjobs.โ
(McKinsey, 2017)
ยง One in two Americans cannot cover a $400
unexpected expense. (Federal Reserve, 2015)
ยง College debt tops $1.3T (Federal Reserve, 2017)
ยง Income inequality higher than at any time in history
(Andy Sum, 2013)
ยง Half American families have no retirement savings, of
those who do, the median value is $5,000 (EPI, 2011)
ยง Income volatility is rising faster than income
inequality (Brookings, citing J. Hacker)
ยง Stock Market at record levels, but ยฝ working
Americans donโt own any. And the wealthiest 10%
own 90% of it.
Afewfactsโฆ
59. Awordabout
trainingโฆ
โGovernment has a huge role
to play:
1) We have to make benefits
portable.
2) Streamline but donโt
eliminate the regulatory
environment.
3) Training โ this is the one
Iโve seen the fewest good
answers for.
4) Housing in urban America.โ
60. Jointhe
wider
ecosystem
ยงFlorida commissioned a report about what
employers want from workforce system, only 2/3
wanted help with hiring or training โfull-time
employeesโ (not yet published).
ยงSamaschool and kin
ยงSo many WDQI states (e.g., Ohio Education
Research Center at โtheโ OSUโ)
ยงLearning platforms (General Assembly, Skillshare,
Western Governors University)
ยงInstitutional Innovators (Arizona State University,
Wallace Community College)
ยงOnline/Offline Networks (Meetups/LinkedIn)
ยงSBDCs, Public Benefit Corps, Intrastate investing,
localism, etc.