The future of work is on us - and there are significant opportunities! - are we ready for the #NexttechRevolution?
As the Australian Tech Sector is coming into its own - There is a critical shortage is skilled roles in the tech sector today.
Case in points -
- Culture Amps is planning to go from 400 to 700 staff this year
- Deputy is hiring 40 people
- Wise tech -is on the continual lookout for data scientists , machine learning professionals and front-end developers
- Safety Culture has at any one time 30-40 roles
Yolanda Redrup reports in the AFR today that there are currently 30,000 software engineers in Australia - (where 9000 move jobs each year) , and the Industry will need an estimated 156,000 more digital technology workers by 2025. Deloitte Access Economics 2021 report says that this skill gap could cost the economy up to $10 billion in growth over the next four years.
In the article , "Working Theory Angels” -Rachael Neumann predicts that
“85% of the roles that will be in demand in a decade have not even been invented yet”
What we need to do
Learning needs to be centred on mindsets and not based on vocational skills . Spending 5 years at University learning a vocation in my view is history!
Universities, Educational Institutions and Vocational Training should teach us to be outstanding thinkers and flexible executors – how to be creative, hypothesis-driven problem solvers, and how to build and work in diverse teams.
Heather McGowan puts it succinctly - we need to teach our workers to “learn how to learn” - to be well positioned to tackle problems that haven’t been seen before and be resilient to the inevitable “Moore’s Law” exponential rate of change .
Future Workers will need to become lifelong learners!
Welcome to the #NexttechRevolution
#FOW
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