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May 2018
The Nordics could take a digital lead – with the right measures
May 28, 2018
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) can create growth in the Nordic region without creating unemployment – but rapid political action is needed, says the management consulting firm McKinsey.
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May 2018
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FUTURE OF WORK
Skills and fair distribution a precondition for digitalisation
May 28, 2018
Nordic people are keen to adopt new technology at work. The region is leading the way. The challenge is making sure workers get the chance to adapt to new skills, how to organise skills development and who should pay. We need better systems to handle the challenges, said Ylva Johansson at the recent conference on the Future of Work in Stockholm.
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May 2018
OECD: Robots less of a threat to Nordic jobs, but major IT gender gap is
May 28, 2018
14 percent of jobs in OECD countries are at high risk of becoming automated, while a further 32 percent of jobs will change radically, says Mark Keese, Head of the Skills and Employability Division at the OECD.
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May 2018
Digitalisation gives job centres new tasks and opportunities
May 28, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robot technology can tighten the quality for Nordic job centres, but also represents new challenges for authorities – including data safety.
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May 2018
Google wants to enter the Nordic labour market
May 28, 2018
Optimism clearly trumped pessimism at the Nordic conference on the Future of Work in Stockholm in the middle of May. Companies, politicians and trade unions mainly praised the digital future.
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May 2018
The Disruption Council explores the future
May 28, 2018
Long before the Danish Disruption Council ends its work, it has already identified a range of ways to secure that digitalisation, robots and artificial intelligence (AI) increase wealth and improve welfare, even though many traditional jobs will disappear.
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May 2018
Can continuously learning save Finland’s future competences needs?
May 28, 2018
In Finland, experts are looking at education policies and more for solutions to the future labour market’s challenges. A government-appointed panel has presented its first report, ‘Ett ständigt lärande Finland’ (Finland – a country of continuous learning) – which has been subject to criticism from trade unions for being light on concrete measures.
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May 2018
Jon Erik Dølvik: Technology easily blinds us, yet we can shape our own future of work
May 28, 2018
He does not use the analogy himself, but when Jon Erik Dølvik talks about the future of work it sounds as if he is talking about the Gulf Stream. When researching whether the Nordic model can manage challenges like automation, globalisation and the platform economy, he is mostly interested in how the flow of capital affects employment.
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May 2018
Digitalisation now also concerns people with higher education
May 28, 2018
Camilla Tepfers’ choice of words is surprising as she describes the skills needed when machines have learnt what we thought only humans could to: Those who can tolerate boredom are the winners, she might say. Or those who consider things in more depth.
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May 2018
The difference between a therapy dog and a Japanese robot seal
May 28, 2018
Robots help elderly care workers. Surveys show robots cannot replace employees, but they can help in their work and improve older people’s everyday life.