Future-proofing Your Job From Robots

Will a robot take your job? Although workers have worried about being replaced by a machine since the Industrial Revolution, the changes brought by computerization, digitization and robotization are being felt more profoundly. One study predicts that 47 percent of 400 million U.S. jobs are considered at high risk. This article summarizes the latest research, which includes interviews with executives from Spanish corporations, to help separate science fiction from business reality. Armed with this deeper understanding, executives may start to view technological change not with fear but with flexibility, and identify some practical actions they can take to ready themselves for whatever lies ahead.