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George Zarkadakis, PhD, CEng
Digital Lead, Willis Towers Watson
Amsterdam, July 7, 2017
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
@zarkadakis
Photo by Adam Levey
@zarkadakis
The impact of AI on business
@zarkadakis
Enablers of work automation
Robotic Process
Automation
Cognitive
Automation
Social Robotics
TASKS Routine,
High-volume
Non-routine,
creative
Routine,
collaborative
MATURITY HIGH EMERGING MEDIUM
IMPACT MEDIUM HIGH HIGH
@zarkadakis
What can AI do for your business
1. Automate & re-engineer tasks and processes
2. Develop new products & services
3. Gain new data insights
@zarkadakis
Why AI is more than an add-on
@zarkadakis
Welcome to the era of mass corporate extinction
In the next 10 years, 75% of the S&P500 will be gone
@zarkadakis
Source: Creative Destruction Report, Innosight, 2015
Why companies fail?
@zarkadakis
Chief Idea Killer
Officer
VP
of No
VP
of Status Quo
VP of
Stay the Course
Director of
Onerous
Reporting
Director
of
Bureaucracy
Director
of
Rigidity
Director
of
Analysis Paralysis
Manager of New
Growth Ideas
(Vacant)
Deconstructing the organisation
Hierarchies and departmental silos
Network of loosely coupled full stack
business/software teams
(“micro-businesses”)
Goal & Strategy Guidance
@zarkadakis
The Innovative Organisation
@zarkadakis
An agile, fluid, cloud-native, innovative, networked organization that continuously learns and
optimizes talent and technologies in order to deliver superior products and services.
Composable
systems
Agile Business/
Software
teams (“micro-
businesses”)
Microservices
/Distributed
Apps
Shared & Encrypted Data
INTELLIGENT DATA
STORES
OPEN-SOURCE
SERVICEECOSYSTEM
Robots & Sensors (IoT)Blockchains
A knowledge architecture for talent
Micro-
business
A
Micro-
business
B
Micro-
business
C
Micro-
business
D
Shared talent platform;
Humans augmented by AI
@zarkadakis
IT
HR
CS
Augmented jobs: A more “humane” doctor?
Proficiency role (now) Pivotal role (future)
Doctor Performance Doctor Performance
PatientSatisfaction
PatientSatisfaction
AI - Enabled
As cognitive automation gets better with diagnosis human doctors (a “proficiency role”) can
spend more time with patients, becoming a “pivotal role” in healthcare systems
@zarkadakis
New HR roles created, new HR skills needed
Data, Talent & AI integrator Virtual Culture ArchitectRobot Trainer
Cyber Ecosystem Designer AI Ethics Evaluator
@zarkadakis
Future-proofing
@zarkadakis
Transforming the organization: the role of HR
Source: “Lead the Work” by R. Jesuthasan, J. Bourdeau, D. Creelman
Assignment
Organisation
Rewards
• Self-contained
• Hierarchical
• Exclusive
• Stable
• Deconstructed Tasks
• Dispersed
• Project-bound
• Constructed Jobs
• Anchored
• Employment-Bound
• Long-Term
• Collective and
consistent
• Traditional
• Permeable
• Networked
• Collaborative
• Agile
• Short-term
• Individualised and
Differentiated
• Imaginative
AI ENABLED
@zarkadakis
Thank you
@zarkadakis
@zarkadakis

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How AI will transform work and organizations

  • 1. George Zarkadakis, PhD, CEng Digital Lead, Willis Towers Watson Amsterdam, July 7, 2017 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work @zarkadakis
  • 2. Photo by Adam Levey @zarkadakis
  • 3. The impact of AI on business @zarkadakis
  • 4. Enablers of work automation Robotic Process Automation Cognitive Automation Social Robotics TASKS Routine, High-volume Non-routine, creative Routine, collaborative MATURITY HIGH EMERGING MEDIUM IMPACT MEDIUM HIGH HIGH @zarkadakis
  • 5. What can AI do for your business 1. Automate & re-engineer tasks and processes 2. Develop new products & services 3. Gain new data insights @zarkadakis
  • 6. Why AI is more than an add-on @zarkadakis
  • 7. Welcome to the era of mass corporate extinction In the next 10 years, 75% of the S&P500 will be gone @zarkadakis Source: Creative Destruction Report, Innosight, 2015
  • 8. Why companies fail? @zarkadakis Chief Idea Killer Officer VP of No VP of Status Quo VP of Stay the Course Director of Onerous Reporting Director of Bureaucracy Director of Rigidity Director of Analysis Paralysis Manager of New Growth Ideas (Vacant)
  • 9. Deconstructing the organisation Hierarchies and departmental silos Network of loosely coupled full stack business/software teams (“micro-businesses”) Goal & Strategy Guidance @zarkadakis
  • 10. The Innovative Organisation @zarkadakis An agile, fluid, cloud-native, innovative, networked organization that continuously learns and optimizes talent and technologies in order to deliver superior products and services. Composable systems Agile Business/ Software teams (“micro- businesses”) Microservices /Distributed Apps Shared & Encrypted Data INTELLIGENT DATA STORES OPEN-SOURCE SERVICEECOSYSTEM Robots & Sensors (IoT)Blockchains
  • 11. A knowledge architecture for talent Micro- business A Micro- business B Micro- business C Micro- business D Shared talent platform; Humans augmented by AI @zarkadakis IT HR CS
  • 12. Augmented jobs: A more “humane” doctor? Proficiency role (now) Pivotal role (future) Doctor Performance Doctor Performance PatientSatisfaction PatientSatisfaction AI - Enabled As cognitive automation gets better with diagnosis human doctors (a “proficiency role”) can spend more time with patients, becoming a “pivotal role” in healthcare systems @zarkadakis
  • 13. New HR roles created, new HR skills needed Data, Talent & AI integrator Virtual Culture ArchitectRobot Trainer Cyber Ecosystem Designer AI Ethics Evaluator @zarkadakis
  • 15. Transforming the organization: the role of HR Source: “Lead the Work” by R. Jesuthasan, J. Bourdeau, D. Creelman Assignment Organisation Rewards • Self-contained • Hierarchical • Exclusive • Stable • Deconstructed Tasks • Dispersed • Project-bound • Constructed Jobs • Anchored • Employment-Bound • Long-Term • Collective and consistent • Traditional • Permeable • Networked • Collaborative • Agile • Short-term • Individualised and Differentiated • Imaginative AI ENABLED @zarkadakis