I think the magnitude of what's coming our way is huge.
There's some statistics that almost a billion jobs
will get reconfigured as you go forward, even before 2030.
That's a bigger migration than any that we've seen
in human history, a migration of skills.
A lot of people, and almost everyone has to be upskilled
within the existing job they are doing,
because the job itself
is changing in such a rapid kind of way.
Now with reskilling, you might ask
whose responsibility is it?
Research by the BCG Henderson Institute has shown
that twice as many people actually see it
as their own individual responsibility,
rather than as the responsibility
of the company or government.
But clearly, companies have to provide the context
to make this possible.
I'm a big believer in the use of
intelligent use of technology to make this happen,
because at the end of the day, we have to find a way
to change the economics of reskilling.
If you continue to use a traditional model of reskilling,
which is very human-centered,
I don't think there's a model that'll make economic sense
to achieve what we have to.
Obviously, new technologies have opened new ways
for new learning forums,
and everyone will think about digital-enabled learnings,
and all these type of things.
I think we'll converge under combination of things.
And there's a big risk for companies
who will bet on technology only,
and will realize a bit late they've lost
the learning, the experience of their team.
So what we certainly believe
is that digital is exponential in nature,
also in terms of speed.
However, if you think about changing skills,
changing leadership, changing culture,
it's much more linear.
And therefore, companies have to start early in this.
Otherwise, they will never catch up
with the digital kind of exponential speed
that we experience.
Now I always say robots are exchangeable, skills are unique.
Actually the technological change
that we are currently experiencing,
is much more a people challenge
than it's about hardcore stuff.
I think one of the key elements
is also to engage people
on the issues that they are facing every day,
in terms of new technologies being introduced
at the workplace.
And not to be afraid of these technologies,
not to be afraid that the robot or whatever
will replace you, but that you will have,
hopefully a better job, maybe also an easier job,
a richer job, going forward.
Artificial intelligence has indeed led
to many dystopic reports
about how machines will replace humans in the workplace.
And AI will indeed lead to many changes in the workplace,
but perhaps in a different way than one might think.
So we will see lots of experimentation
and the companies themselves learning
how to enable their employees to learn in the future.
And it will be interesting times.
You can either look at this as doomsday,
or you can look at this with optimism.
And I think the choice between the two
actually is in our own hands.
If you do nothing, it's going to be catastrophic.
If you do something, I think it's a huge opportunity
for people to continue to be able to reenergize,
redevelop themselves to do different things
in their working careers.
That's a great opportunity, right?
But it's an opportunity that has to be created and taken,
and it's not gonna happen on its own.