How is America preparing for the future of work?

No one can see the future, but we can still make sure they are not stupid when they arrive. This is especially true when technology becomes the way you can change the workplace in the United States. I learned about our expectations and how to confirm what we are ready with the Hamilton Project Director of Jay Chambo, former member of the Obama Economic Advisory Committee.

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Perhaps the most foolish but perhaps the most honest is to go to school. I am fully convinced that education is not a sufficient way to solve the problem of rising wages across the economy. But for people, that is the case. For individuals, the more you receive education, the lower your unemployment rate and your higher your career will be. Another thing is to support politicians and policies that support what you think is necessary in your work life.

Who do you think is responsible for workers' retraining, and who do you think is effective?

We can not train workers throughout work so we can not ask all the training in the public sector. Something should happen inside the company. I think people are pointing to other countries, there is a big apprentice, there are many attractive things, but I think that countries have different ways to develop their systems think. In the United States many things are done at the community level as apprentices of other countries.

In almost all the world's economies including the United States through 1980, the working hours of people decreased as the economy became more prosperous. In Germany, France and many other major economies, annual working hours are decreasing. They need more vacation or transition to a 35 hour working week. In the United States since 1980, it tended to level off. This is strange. It seems to be possible to think that people are having more leisure and doing work in less time, rather than a distant pier "robots do all the work". However, I do not feel the US economy is moving in this direction.

New America and Bloomberg are calling up teams to study the future of work in a new way. Rather than trying to predict the future, we can not predict the future, not the future. Therefore, we need to prepare to adapt to various scenarios. This means considering the next election cycle. We expect to predict trends in the construction sector such as automation and aging in 10 to 20 years. Our view is that no rogues exist; instead, we are all together: technology, business, government and civil society must all be part of the solution.

On Tuesday, New America and Bloomberg announced work, workers and technology transfer committee. I am preparing for the research of the committee. At the Bloomberg Technical Conference, I shared the highlights of our work so far: to shape the great uncertainty of deep change and future work. This is what I'm suggesting (slides can be downloaded from here): Historical evidence suggests that technology disruption does not eliminate work or cause massive unemployment I will. In fact, technological innovation supports formal growth of women and a large increase in paid employment. Modern household appliances shorten the time required for household chores and pills allow women to more freely invest in education and careers.

In order to innovate and prepare "the future of work", you need to "take it out of the box". In addition to being impossible to continue relying on passed standardized processes, it is "dangerous" in a world where automation is progressing. Creativity can help you redefine your work and make it more positive. However, it is not always necessary to hold a face-to-face meeting. In the world determined by the platform, more and more people need to learn how to collaborate remotely and virtually. This has nothing to do with the use of online tools. It is important to manage these meetings and learn how to make the most of them.