Will drone delivery be the new normal ?

Inspired by a post by Steve Nouri 

Remember the postman on a bicycle that was being chased down the road by your dog?

Well, the  Postage service is being disrupted again - by Drones! 

Imagine a world where ordering a video can be delivered immediately with a press of a button - unheard of 20 years ago - it’s become ubiquitous with Netflix now  the new normal! 

Imagine Your Thai food/ grocery shopping/ online orders being delivered within half an hour to your balcony .. by a 24/7 drone service! 

Will that be the new normal?  - it’s already happening. 

Jeff Bezos is leading  the way with Amazon Prime Air - as he focussed totally on improving customer service 

Drones are already being used as high-tech photography and film where you can , create films that capture the world from a new angle - great for selling real estate! 

They are being used  for  emergency services as well as first-aid vehicles and tools for police departments.

Will Drones replace jobs? Maybe, but the prediction is that they will create more jobs... drone technicians, programmers, operators, network administrators and software engineers.

Are you positioned to adapt to the Nexttech Revolution? 

I for one am looking forward to a future rich with Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and automation on steroids where people and technology work together to build a connected universe.

One thing you can be sure of - the winners will be those that can adapt and learn ..... are you a “life long learner? 

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What should our Children learn at school?

Education in the 20’sis not what students will learn, but how they will learn it: 

The advantages of AI and VR to the lifelong learner and educator 

Artificial intelligence in education is and will continue to be an indispensable  tool to support both teachers and students. Robits and artificial intelligence should be embraced as it can improve the human side of the school experience.

Tracking students’ behaviour, data and engagement with the learning material through AI will enable students to customise their experience so they can learn in a way that is optimal to their personal style, and also raise red flags for educators to notice and offer help to students who seem to be developing not optimal behaviour.

Educators workloads will be greatly reduced as technology takes care of collecting data, highlighting learning and behavioural patterns, planning and grading.

Teachers will focus on valuable class time while which will improve their quality of life and reduce the  feeling of overwhelm to the point of wanting to quit.

Learning through video, and gamification will make learning more immersive through virtual, augmented and mixed reality. 

Students with learning disabilities and other difficulties will also benefit greatly from instructional videos, text-to-speech technology and a wealth of other aids available as compensating tools that give them a fairer chance at learning at the same pace as their peers.

The key is - what does the content need to change to - what is the new curriculum  ? 

What do our children need to have in their armoury to face the doubting world of the future of work? 

I for one am super positive of the future of learning and the opportunities that will stem from the various technologies that are available. 

Onwards and upwards I say! 

Lifelong Learning - a key ingredient to the future of work

Life-long learning has been proved to be one of the ways to stay relevant and not get disrupted by machines. 

Acquiring new knowledge is a such an integral part of your life - you need to learn how  to absorb new knowledge and eventually create your own knowledge  - which is key to not only to your advancement.

It is clear that for us to advance an indeed continue to proliferate the  survival of human existence. we will need to learn how to effectively and efficiently learn new skills - over the course of our lives! 

So.... what do we need to to learn how to learn ? 

There is a great article by Erika  Anderson https://hbr.org/amp/2016/03/learning-to-learn

that shares 4 attributes needed to learn how to learn all based around your mindset. 

• aspiration - you truly need to want to learn new skills 
• self-awareness 
• curiosity, 
• and vulnerability. 

Well worth a read 

Below are 6 C’s that will help you to learn how to learn 

(Following the theme of the 5C’s of BBG -coined by Monica Graham - connection, collaboration, contribution, continuity and community) 

Cerebral - Mindset 

A Mindset shift to change your focus from challenges to benefits - self talk is key 

Think about the last time your company adopted a new approach—overhauled a reporting system, developed Referron , replaced a CRM platform, revamped the supply chain. Were you eager to go along? I doubt it. 

Your initial response was probably to justify not learning. (It will take too long. The old way works just fine for me. I bet it’s just a flash in the pan.) 

When confronted with new learning, this is often our first roadblock: We focus on the negative and unconsciously reinforce our lack of aspiration.

When you want to learn something, you focus on what you’ll  gain from learning it—and envision a happy future in which you’re  reaping those rewards. 

That propels you into action. 

Chunk  it 

Focus on the process vs the finished product 

If you are writing a novel, focus on the chapter at hand. If you are writing software focus on the iteration, you are on right now, and everything will eventually connect.

Procrastination is a killer - and I am so good at it! delaying or postponing something that you are very well aware of needs to be done. If this is a problem work our strategies on how to deal with procrastination.

Emails, whatsapp, LinkedIn , Facebook notifications, tiktoks , YouTube and anything else that gets your mind off your task - shut it down so you can chunk that knowledge into your brain.

You have got to know the signals that get you off your attention spree and learn to shut them down for a period. 

You can reward yourself after you have accomplished your goal, by maybe doing some social media!

Learning in short bursts followed by either taking a nap, social media or doing some exercise helps your brain make the necessary neural connections that build long-lasting chunks of knowledge into your long time memory.

Challenge yourself 

Be comfortable being uncomfortable and vulnerable - by testing your knowledge by doing challenges that will force you to remember what you studied.

Continuity is king and Queen 

Practice is key , and going deep into the subject over a period of time - plan your activities 

Collaboration 

It is much easier learning with others - especially if you know like and trust them 

Building long term relationships with people who are interested in like minded things will hold you in good stead 

Coach and having a mentor 

Having a mentor or coach that cares about you is key to your ability to learn and get you to your top game. There is a reason why top athletes and CEOs have coaches! 

How cool would it be for BBG to create a process to enable lifelong learning! 

The Future of Work

What you need for the future of work 

An interesting piece on Adecco’s report on the future of work 

There is no doubt that digitisation, automation, and advances in artificial intelligence will disrupt the way you work ...... 

• 62 percent of executives believe they will need to retrain or replace more than a quarter of their workforce by 2023 
• By 2030 as many as 375 million workers—or roughly 14 percent of the global workforce

• Lifelong learning is key 
• Being connected is key 
• Building your network is key
• Mindset is key 

You need to have an

• agile mindset 
• resilient mindset 
• continual learning mindset - being open to be  mentored  and on the job soft skill learning,

You need to be digital literate AND take on additional digital skills training ready for the digitisation of the future of work.

The future of work is exciting - with such cool opportunities !

The rise of technology in the workplace needs to be embraced . 

AI could make work more intellectually stimulating by automating routine tasks, freeing up  time allowing more creativity, collaboration, and customer focussed attention. 

Technology is going to create jobs, however, the jobs will be different and will continue to change at a rapid pace (Moore’s law)

The Winning Organisation 

The  Organisations that will win and attract the brightest and the best will need to have a policy of continual  training of its workforce. Your Organisation  Experience will need to be as important to your Employee as a Harvard degree, and their experience with you will be proudly included in their CV for the future of work - and be rated as part of the lifelong learning curriculum.

The Winning You

Open to lifelong learning

Being relevant 

Having a powerful network

Love what you do 

What else?

CSL’s Seqirus to build an $800m plant in Victoria

Australian listed CSL’s subsidiary Seqirus  (ASX: CSL)  is building an  $800m flu vaccine facility in Melbourne in 2021 to be ready in 2026.

This investment is on the back of a 10-year deal with the Australian Government to supply flu vaccines for the local population as well as the Q-Fever vaccine and antivenoms for Australian snakes, spiders and marine creatures.

Utilising the cell-based techniques currently used at Seqirus' facility in North Carolina, the Melbourne facility plans to supply domestic and global needs for flu vaccines, both for seasonal and pandemic purposes.

The facility will also produce the company's proprietary adjuvant MF59, which helps improve immune response and is being used in its combined trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccines with the University of Queensland.

CSL chief executive officer and managing director Paul Perreault and Seqirus general manager Stephen Marlow say that  the facility will be an important addition to the Company’s global influenza manufacturing supply chain, and will ensure more than 1,000 science, technology, manufacturing and engineering jobs in Victoria, and a supply chain worth more than $300 million annually.

Victoria's Minister for Industry Support and Recovery, Martin Pakula says that the facility will position Victoria as a global leader in cell-based influenza vaccine production and further boosts the capabilities in R&D, commercialisation and advanced manufacturing.

CSL - a share to watch!!

Hendrik Lourens - Getting The Most Out Of New Technology

 

Are Job Descriptions redundant

Are Job descriptions awash with the last centuries thinking and redundant? 

We need to embrace the future of work... how?

Does “a job description”.... stifle innovation, put you in a box and does not let you grow and innovate ?

A job description is great for systems to work and scale .....there is a  need for a “job description” - for a machine ..... 

if your job is defined as a job description.... by definition it can be .... and indeed will be...replaced by a machine.....

So...... how should a job ad be framed in the future of work? 

Leading sales recruiter, James Michael - talks about the need to  focus more on the outcomes that will be delivered vs how those  outcomes will be delivered.... 

What are the “smart” deliverables or goals that people are looking to be achieved? 

Will people be looking for core competencies .... what are your  human traits? 

You will need to have the basic competencies to do the job ..... write code, project management, accounting and analytical skills, be a doctor, architect, engineer etc  ....... 

you will continually need to learn how to learn, upskill, reskill, learn new ways to code, write up books, use technology .

Who have you worked for in the past?.... what skills have you acquired along your journey? ....

What skills do you still want to acquire on your journey? ....

You will need to get on with the team.... what is your psychological/disc profile ? 

Imagine 

Imagine if you had this all in a digital wallet- that could be searched for .... that you can seamlessly be connected to the ideal opportunity ! 

How cool would that be for you? 

How cool would that be for the “sponsor” 

#futureofwork 

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