This report by the RSA makes a pertinent note that the underlying absence from the future of work is the human experience. Being too centred on ‘machines’ makes the discourse become dehumanised and imbued with tech determinism, while at the same time remaining too abstract for anyone to know what to do.
Some call it the 'fourth industrial revolution', others 'the age of automation', but what we are witnessing right now is a time of profound change. The shape of work is being refashioned in front of our eyes and predictions abound about the impacts of new technologies on jobs. Work is becoming more flexible, more independent and more tech-enabled. With these shifts, issues around economic security become more acute. This report describes how a unique partnership between the RSA, Alt/Now and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth took on the challenge of exploring the action needed to combat economic insecurity in the future of work, which is a recent key focus for the RSA - please see here.
As the working landscape shifts, it is critical that society can respond and address urgent questions that arise from change.