The skills of the future

‘Technological change is revolutionising the workplace’, ‘the
future is automated’ and ‘a robot will be doing my work before
long’ are phrases we hear a lot when it comes to discussing the
impact of technological advancement on the labour market and
skills. But what is the real impact of robots or AI on the
workforce? And, how can we steer technological change in a
direction that is labour-complementing and welfare enhancing? How
can governments and businesses help workers to adapt to
technological change, through reskilling and transitioning
initiatives?



As part of Bruegel’s Future of work and inclusive growth project,
Bruegel fellow Laura Nurski and Dimitrios Pikios, ESCO Project
coordinator at DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at
European Commission joined Giuseppe Porcaro to talk about the
risks of automation, deskilling but also the opportunities for
new learning that come with technology and what policymakers can
do to facilitate this.