TED Talks – Future of Jobs

TED talks are a great way to increase your knowledge about the future of jobs and what it means for you. All you have to do is sit back, relax and watch a video that will teach you something awesome.

Each of the talks below will help you improve your knowledge about the things that are going around you. They cost absolutely nothing to watch but are jam-packed with lessons.

Technology disruption meets the change monster…who wins?

Our love of technology is perhaps rivalled only by our fear of change. Every time technology advances, the ripple effect of change can cripple even the strongest companies. Development expert Patrick Forth notes that 75% of the Fortune 500 in 2020 will be names we’ve never heard of. Given this high rate of failure, how can large companies better channel change and continue to thrive? He gives five tips all businesses can learn from.

Why machines must make us better humans

We are rapidly moving towards a world where computers acquire the ability to not only process information, but to gather it by seeing and hearing. Steve Brown takes a peek ahead to explore how these advances will impact our lives, providing examples that range from robots providing healthcare to driverless cars.

Intelligence, knowledge, and progression of wisdom in the Age of Smart Machines

Artificial Intelligence is a next step in the evolution of our species – because we have potentially come to the limits of our own intelligence. However, intelligence is only part of the story – it’s what we do with that intelligence that matters. That is something that can’t be designed. Guruduth Banavar, Chief Science Officer of Cognitive Computing at IBM, expands on cultivating the wisdom necessary to improve our future.

Why jobs of the future won’t feel like work (July 2017)

We’ve all heard that robots are going to take our jobs — but want nothing do about it? Innovation expert David Lee says that we should start designing jobs that unlock our hidden talents and passions — the things we spend our weekends doing — to keep us relevant in the age of robotics. “Start asking people what problems they’re inspired to solve and what talents they want to bring to work,” Lee says. “When you invite people to be more, they can amaze us with how much more they can be.”

The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing (July 2017)

We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam — and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs haven’t disappeared for the reasons you may think, says border and logistics specialist Augie Picado. He gives us a reality check about what global trade really looks like and how shared production and open borders help us make higher quality products at lower costs.

How I became an entrepreneur at 66 (June 2017)

It’s never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner — after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea for a business with his experience and passion. And he’s not alone. As he shares in this short, funny and inspirational talk, seniors are increasingly indulging their entrepreneurial instincts — and seeing great success.

AI & The Future of Work (March 2017)

How we’ll earn money in a future without jobs (February 2017)

Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming — and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about it? In a straightforward talk about a controversial idea, futurist Martin Ford makes the case for separating income from traditional work and instituting a universal basic income.

How to Become Relevant when a Robot Takes Your Job (January 2017)

How the future of work is not “Jobs” (October 2016)

Will automation take away all our jobs? (September 2016)

Here’s a paradox you don’t hear much about: despite a century of creating machines to do our work for us, the proportion of adults in the US with a job has consistently gone up for the past 125 years. Why hasn’t human labor become redundant and our skills obsolete? In this talk about the future of work, economist David Autor addresses the question of why there are still so many jobs and comes up with a surprising, hopeful answer.

How AI can bring on a second Industrial Revolution (June 2016)

“The actual path of a raindrop as it goes down the valley is unpredictable, but the general direction is inevitable,” says digital visionary Kevin Kelly — and technology is much the same, driven by patterns that are surprising but inevitable. Over the next 20 years, he says, our penchant for making things smarter and smarter will have a profound impact on nearly everything we do. Kelly explores three trends in AI we need to understand in order to embrace it and steer its development. “The most popular AI product 20 years from now that everyone uses has not been invented yet,” Kelly says. “That means that you’re not late.”

Jobs of the future and how we can prepare for them (June 2016)

The next manufacturing revolution is here (May 2016)

Economic growth has been slowing for the past 50 years, but relief might come from an unexpected place — a new form of manufacturing that is neither what you thought it was nor where you thought it was. Industrial systems thinker Olivier Scalabre details how a fourth manufacturing revolution will produce a macroeconomic shift and boost employment, productivity and growth.

What Are the Skills For the Future Workforce? (May 2016)

The jobs we’ll lose to machines — and the ones we won’t (February 2016)

Machine learning isn’t just for simple tasks like assessing credit risk and sorting mail anymore — today, it’s capable of far more complex applications, like grading essays and diagnosing diseases. With these advances comes an uneasy question: Will a robot do your job in the future?

Four Key Skills to Lead the Future (January 2016)

The single biggest reason why startups succeed (March 2015)

Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others — and surprised even him.

The future of talent at work (November 2014)

Super trends – the changing future of jobs (July 2014)

What will future jobs look like? (February 2013)

Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs — or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this far-seeing talk, he thinks through what future jobs might look like, and how to educate coming generations to hold them.

Robots Will Steal Your Job, but That’s OK (December 2012)

Are droids taking our jobs? (June 2012)

Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating — jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain’t seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history and comes up with a surprising view of what comes next.

Navigating our global future (July 2009)

As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility of improved life for everyone.

Meet the founder of the blog revolution (February 2006)

The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type’s Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the key to building a friendlier, more connected world.