Discuss the future impact that automation and technology will have on
business and the workforce in the next decade, i.e. disruption
Ideas to address:
1. Background on Current State of Automation/Trends
2. List several major companies that are heavily investing in technology to
automate and ultimately replace human workers
∙ Think about this as you classify these companies: are they all in the
high-tech industry?
∙ What are the industries these companies belong to?
3. What is the technology they will be deploying (type of software, robots,
automation, etc.)
4. Investment
∙ Cost of such technology
∙ ROI
5. Timeline/Rollout plan of technology
6. Job sectors
∙ Sectors impacted the most
∙ How many displaced workers
∙ Unemployment forecast/ labor market data
∙ What will these displaced workers do?