How Will Autonomous Vehicles Affect HR?
In a recent post at Omega HR Solutions I talked about Uber’s efforts to develop autonomous cars and how that might hasten the replacement of Uber drivers now classified as employees. According to the website CB Insights there are 33 different companies, in a variety of industries that are trying to develop autonomous vehicles. That got […]
Will Poor Soft Skills Accelerate the Use of Robots?
Will Poor Soft Skills Accelerate the Use of Robots? Over at Fast Company Lydia Dishman looks at a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, and argues that This is the Hidden Challenge in the Future of Work. The study mentioned several factors in the world of work, such as unemployment and workforce participation by women and the […]
Should You Hire a Hacker to Protect Your HR Systems?
Should You Hire a Hacker to Protect Your HR Systems? The fact that computer systems are vulnerable to hacking is nothing new. A day doesn’t go by when we don’t see a news report of some major company being hacked. In October of this year numerous sites were affected when a company that monitors and reroutes […]
Robots Won’t Replace Us, They’ll Work With Us
The fears of workers being replace en masse by robots has been well documented in the press (and here on B4J). Rather than replace them however, how about if technology allowed companies to retain workers by melding them with machinery to make them much more efficient and productive? Worker and Robot Co-Existing One possible solution […]
The Internet of Things Is Always Listening
The internet of things is constantly in the news, these days, and while you are probably aware of it, you may not know exactly what it is or what it consists of. Wikipedia calls it “the internetworking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as ‘connected devices’ and ‘smart devices’), buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, […]
What Would HR Look Like In a Less Global World?
I teach certification classes at a local university. In a class this last week we covered the subject of HR in the global arena. There is a lot of emphasis placed on global awareness in the material for these certification classes. I read something in the October 31st issue of The New York Times that […]
