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I am writing this post on the wave of emotion raised by a talk on AI in the (small) city of Voghera, Italy. The event was organized by “Voghera é” a local cultural association and was attended by people that, with very few exceptions, had a view on AI as …

The  World Economic Forum Report on the Future of Jobs has been released, pointing out the jobs that are expected to grow most and those that will be declining, The whole is affecting an audience of 673 million people worldwide. In the next five years one job out of four …

As I previously mentioned in this blog, I was fortunate to participate in the Future of Work  team led by Dejan Milojicic and had the opportunity of listening to several people all around the world on today’s  challenges, tech opportunity, societal shifts that are shaping the future of work. I …

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on the job market and on its evolution. The idea that once the pandemic will be over everything will go back to the previous normal is no longer viable. True, employment levels will start to grow but that will take time, …

In the last century automation has resulted in a loss of jobs because machines could replace human workers. On the contrary, in most cases the Digital Transformation results in a loss of jobs because those jobs are no longer needed. There is not a machine (robot or software) that is …

The Pandemic Impact on the Gig Economy The recent pandemic hit the Gig Economy and possibly changed its evolution in two main ways: Emphasised the critical work environment with low societal protection Boosted the Gig Economy with, possibly, lasting effects Critical Work Environment The insecurity of work intrinsic in the …

Shaping the Economic Recovery That the economy has taken one of the biggest downturn in recent history is a fact. The intertwining of business and value chains across the planet has made it not just “global”, it made it worse since a glitch in a supply chain affected the whole …

Revitalising Global Cooperation We live in a competitive world. The increased effectiveness of communications and logistic infrastructures, the former transporting thoughts, knowledge and ideas the latter goods, components and products has made the world even more competitive than in the past creating a single huge marketplace steering demand and a …

It is obviously too early to draw conclusion on the long term impact of the pandemic, however some trends are starting to emerge: Acceleration of the Digital Transformation — and slow down The pandemic, as I pointed out in the previous posts, has accelerated the execution of the Digital Transformation …

The Gig economy has been hit by the Covid-19 containment actions like most other areas of economy but here the people making a living out of the gig economy have found themselves without any protection. No severance pay, no Government help. This is something that was pointed out in the …