Tim Leberecht- The Despensibles: Automation, Romance, and the Future of Work
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Tim LEBERECHT
Machines, Romance, and the Future of Work
• Tim Leberecht• The Business Romantic Society• @timleberecht
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Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population.Credit Suisse Report, 2015
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Google is worth $370 billion but has only about 55,000 employees – less than a tenth the size of AT&T’s workforce in its heyday [in the 1960s].Brookings
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Richer, college-educated people are working more than they did 30 years ago, particularly when you count time working and answering e-mail at home.The Atlantic
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22% of workers from European Union countries suffer from stress at work.Fourth European Working Conditions Survey
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New jobs will require creative intelligence, social and emotional intelligence.CBRE
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Only 30% of employees worldwide are fully engaged at work.Gallup
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There will be 13 million wearable devices in the workplaces by 2019. ABI Research
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Robotics is expected to rise from a $15 billion sector now to $67 billion by 2025.Brookings
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Artificial intelligence and automation are expected to replace up to 50% of all jobs by 2025. Oxford study
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Process work, customer work, and vast swathes of middle management will simply disappear: 50% of occupations today will no longer exist in 2025.CBRE
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“Whatever you think of them, they’re effective.”
“Yes, they are aggressive, but they are winning.”
“Disruptive.”
“I don’t agree with their policies, but they’re just the best solution.”
“Super-convenient.”
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The post-human organization
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Add Peeple
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Subjectivity
Mystery
Emotion
Transcendence
Ephemerality
Inconsistency
SerendipityAmbiguity
Unpredictability
Suffering
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Subjectivity
Suffering
Mystery
Emotion
Transcendence
Ephemerality
Inconsistency
SerendipityAmbiguity
Unpredictability
Focus Features
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“The opposite of loneliness is not togetherness, it's intimacy.” Richard Bach
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Ephemeral media
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Ephemerality over permanenceUniqueness over scaleAmbiguity over clarity
Serendipity over predictabilityThickness over efficiency
Inconsistency over reliabilityEmotion over reason
Danger over dataFluid identities over single narrative
Individual over collectiveMeaning over explanation
Subjectivity over objective truthUn-Quantified Self over Quantified Self
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Traditional Smart RomanticPlanning Acting WanderingConversion Connection Reconnection Process Dashboard PrinciplesControl Monitoring Letting goConsistency Variety SerendipityBig Idea Big Data Big IntuitionRapid response Real-time Pre-emptiveSegmenting Behavioral targeting Distributed presenceMessage Conversation (Occasional) silenceVisibility Transparency MysteryRisk Calculated risk VulnerabilityBenefit Value ValuesAttraction Liking PassionConvenience User-friendliness FrustrationEfficiency Excellence Significance
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The ultimate asset of The Dispensables will be to have a life.
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A new romantic era?
- Emotions over reason-Ambiguity-Volatility
Meaning-seeking and making- Artisanship
- “Sacred spaces”- Empathy
- Focus on individualism- Gaming/VR- Escapism
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Virtual Reality
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Virtual Reality
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Business in the age of automation
Design for the self and for the soul
Design for “the other,” for “algorithmic losers,” for the “defeated”
Serve as and enable coaches and therapists, helping to ease transitions and build emotional resilience
Be smart and romantic at once
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CharacterEthos and moral integrity
AcumenQuick judgment based on intuition
SpiritImagination, meaning, and hope
HeartPassion and compassion
What machines can’t buy
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WANTED: The post-human human organization
Minimum Viable HumanismRomantic experiences (mystery, intimacy, losing control, meaning)
Sentimental Education instead of Machine LearningBeautiful Work
Beautiful Organizations
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Efficiency
Love
Artist Beautiful
Ugly Robot
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“To begin, begin.”
William Wordsworth
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