IT TAKES ALL SORTS
A MULTIPLICITY OF SINGULARITY
Every Kinda People
H/T ROBERT PALMER
I haven’t really entered into the discussion on the future of work.
Probably because I’ve concentrated on work of the future. In the future work will be very different. A few examples below.
The advancement of technology and the pressure to be efficient will never abate. The conclusion is only what we should educate future generations to do.
This is a gigantic question about a considerable gap and a broken system.
Whatever future we imagine depends on the timescale and horizon we apply. This informs what we define as work at that time.
So, I don’t exclude any human capability from being digitalised in the future.
HUMANS AND TECHNOLOGY:
A Creative Singularity
Whatever rate technology takes over creativity must become the foundation for humans if we are to make any progress.
To me this the natural consequence of humans creating tools. We’ve always done it. They’ve always threatened the norm. Mankind has always turned them to its advantage. It’s always meant the death of how things were as humans came to terms and moved on.
The tension this time is between the exponential rate at which technology evolves set against the terrifying rate at which we and our big systems catch up. We need to learn how to synchronise our creative ability and our mastery of technology.
Political, societal, media, business and education are all easy examples to point at.
TECHNOLOGY AND CREATIVITY
Educational Singularity
A vision for teaching future generations of worker (us all) is one where we stop killing it through standardisation and conformity.
Education has to embrace not only the artistic nature of the idea of creativity and the encouragement of play and ‘the arts’ but how to spark imagination.
A CURRICULUM FOR THE WORK OF THE FUTURE
I propose that ideation, critical thinking, curiosity, empathy, diversity of input, pattern interpretation, drawing skills, writing, systems thinking, humanities, ethics, global literacy, computational thinking, debating, objectivity, judgement, emotional and social intelligence, equality, visualisation - the appreciation of ambiguity and opposing dynamics (and more) - should be the curriculum for those seeking future commercial work and industry.
How much of this is currently taught? Serious question.
As we look at the world just now the idea of bringing this about through education is a long shot - even if core ideas are dumbed down to be palatable to current society.
CREATIVITY AND MINDSET
Perpetual Reinvention
I have always hoped (still do) that technology would assist the kind of progress to allow humans to stand a chance with ‘perpetual reinvention’.
Thought about correctly it can (complex analytics, ethical AI, (whatever that is) quantum computing, open data and concepts like Neuralink. many of us hope things will improve. But for the system to properly change everything else in our broken culture has to make dramatic progress too.
ALTHOUGH THESE EXISTING/NEW ROLES WILL EMERG TIME BASED - AI CAN ALREADY DO A LOT OF THIS
Technology Innovators. Comedians. Robot Designers. Software Savants. Ideators. Solar Photovoltaic Installers. Wind Turbine Service Technicians. Home Health Aides. Personal Care Aides. Healthcare Providers. Scientists. Mindset Educators. Professional Advisors For Emerging Economies And Young Populations. Human Organ Creators. Augmented Reality Experience Builders. Biofilm installer. Inspiring Artists. Performers. Poets. Musicians. Writers Of Books, Films. Human Entertainers. Sports. Athletics. Health, Lifestyle And Wellbeing Coaches. Architects, Designers And Builders. Unpredictable Environment Workers - Gardeners. Rewilders. Drone Traffic Optimizers.
Creative People
In my case I describe my job as overcoming the problems with the way things are.
So that’s very plausibly removable by technology in the near future.
However I've aways considered myself a creative person so I hope I would change the frame in order to survive.
I also think people are far more creative than would accept or realise it. Connecting ideas to make other ideas, being ingenious - solving problems. Lots of people do that every day but would deny being a creative.
It took me too long to push back on those that thought creativity was a role or job title. This is one thing that future generations will laugh at - how we label ourselves.
Being creative is not about belonging to a creative industry (E.G. Advertising, Media, Consulting) but ‘being’ a creative person.
Considerable Challenges
I spend a lot of time thinking about how things should be.
I draw a picture of the challenge. Firstly as it should be.
Then I draw it how it is right now.
Then we can all deduce how big a challenge we have.
WICKED PROBLEMS
Right Here. Right Now
H/T FATBOY SLIM
Unsurprisingly, a major preoccupation right now is how seriously f***ed up our world has become.
And, consequently what we should do about it.
It’s incredibly valuable to think through ideas with others.
“In co-creation with a few thousand clients (over the last three decades) I realised something - politicians, some businesses and the media have contributed to this mess.”
The business leaders I know just tell me ‘well, that’s the system’ - and so, the system has to change.
To solve things will require every one of us to do something.
We Are At A Pivotal Moment In Time
NEW RULES NEED TO EMERGE
Becoming a ‘we’ could alter the economic system that feeds our corrupt societies by voting.
I mean only buying from those businesses (business drives the economy) who deserve to survive.
They will be leaders who build and market their businesses based on ethical and moral standards that support a sustainable future for humankind. The creative people.
We Wrote A Book About It.
LEADERSHIP SINGULARITY
Leadership Singularity: How Marketing Can Save The World
By Glaenzer, Virginie, Caswell, John, Cook, Jonathan, Novak, Patrick
