Post on 03-Jan-2021
P R O F E S S O R LY N D A G R AT TO N
Extraordinary Human Progress.
Technology.
In 60% of jobs
one in three tasks can be automated.
By 2030 around
20-50 milliondigital jobs will be created.
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SOURCE: Autor, Levy & Murnane, MIT, 2003
Tasks
Routine
Analytical
Record KeepingCalculation
Repetitive Customer Services
Manual
Picking And SortingRepetitive Assembly
Non-routine
Analytical
Forming HypothesesMedical Diagnoses
Persuading / Selling
Manual
Janitorial ServicesTruck Driving
Current substitution
Potential augmentation
Future substitution?
Extraordinary Human Progress.
Our lives are longer and healthier.
For more than 100 years best practice life expectancy has increased at the rate of
2-3 years per decade.
By 2050 there will be more older persons aged 60 or over than adolescents and youth at ages 10-24.
As life expectancy increases…
…the number of years in good healthalso increases.
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1 in 12 peopleare currently over 65.
By 2050 this will be…
1 in 6 peopleglobally.
450 million people in China alone.
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NARRATE.Navigating my life story.
EXPLORE.Learning and transitioning.
RELATE.Connecting deeply.
How do I flourish?
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A NEWNARRATIVE.
What is my life’s story?
Your ‘possible selves’.
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© HOT SPOTS MOVEMENT 2018 ® SLIDE 8 Lynda Gratton
Healthy living is key
Taking a long termperspectives on time.
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Career breaks.
Alternative work.
Lifetime of learning.
Virtual learning.
A LIFETIME OF EXPLORING.Learning and transitioning.
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SOURCE: FUTURE OF JOBS REPORT, WEF 2016
Social skills
Content skills
Cognitive abilities
Process skills
Emotional intelligence
Teaching others
Active learning
Creativity
Active listening
Critical thinking
Human Skills become Crucial
Source: Lynda Gratton & Andrew Scott. (2017). The Corporate Implications of Longer Lives. MIT Sloan Management Review
Education
Work
Retirement
Education
Exploration
Retirement
Employment in an organisation
TransitionSelf-employment
Portfolio (mix of paid and unpaid work)
The three-stage model The multistage life
Families.Marrying later, fewer children, working parents.
RELATE.Connecting deeply.
Generations.Moving beyond labels and forging empathy.
Communities.More virtual and divided communities.
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Career + Carer Career + Job Career + Career
Widening Networks
Exploitation of knowledge
1
Exploration through synthesis
2
Innovation through novel combinations
3
Source: Gratton, L. Hot Spots why some companies buzz with energy and innovation – and others don’t. (2007)Source: Kilduff, M & Tsai, M. Social Networks and Organisations. (2003)
Movingforward.
Act pre-emptively.
Orientate to the future.
Explore possible selves.
Focus on malleability.
Accept transitions.
©Andrew J Scott & Lynda Gratton