How Computers Could Hold Back Leaders Of The Future

Weaker than expected economic figures on both sides of the Atlantic this past week have produced the usual debates over the accuracy or otherwise of the numbers, the reasons for the shortfalls and, especially in the U.K. - where a general election campaign is drawing to a close - what tweaks in economic policy might make a difference. But all of this is to ignore a fundamental issue. Thanks to the twin forces of technology and globalization, the world of work is being changed irrevocably. In western countries such as the U.S. and the U.K. today’s new recruits cannot expect to enjoy the same career paths as their parents did, no matter what the politicians promise them. And, barring some sort of revolution that nobody has yet foreseen, it is not going to become better any time soon.