Automation and Impact on Jobs

Rescued this from a comment I made on the FutureLearn Digital Leadership MOOC discussion forum on 14 February 2016.

To further understand the impact of digital technology on jobs, I recommend the following:-

1. Technology driving loss of middle class jobs: BBC Newsnight (Rohan Silva, 11/9/2013, video): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24058389
2. Could A Robot Do My Job?: BBC Panorama, September 2015 (video): https://ihavenotv.com/could-a-robot-do-my-job
3. The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts: Daniel Susskind, Richard Susskind; Talks@Google (video): https://youtu.be/ulXwTpW2oFI
4. Lords say digital skills will make or break the UK; 17 February 2015: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/digital-skills-committee/news/report-published/

Also see the Google Books entry for “The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts”.