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Michael Spayne Focus LMI
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Careers of the Future
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The Future is Uncertain
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Tomorrow’s World Predictions Which Never Happened the floating bicycle paper underpants waterproof paper the portable bath pills for an all-chemical meal real plants that double as television aerials
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Direction of Change
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Drivers of Change
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Globalisation - UK Economy is:
5th largest economy 8th largest manufacturer 9th largest exporter Shift to Asia
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Global Labour Market 1 in 7 1,000 (5.5 million) 200+ Million
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Richard Freeman “The world has entered a long and epochal transition toward a single global economy and labour market”
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Richard Florida Who's Your City?
“Today's global economy is spiky. What's more, the tallest spikes, the cities and regions that drive the world economy, are growing ever higher” Richard Florida Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
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Some Major World Cities Hong Kong Chicago Toronto
London Paris New York Hong Kong Chicago Toronto Dubai Singapore Sydney
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Green-Collar Revolution?
CO2 Problem Growing Scarcity of Natural Resources
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Environmental Friendly Construction
Baufritz Eco-House
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Greener Transport
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Technology (STEM)
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Robots doing Jobs?
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Demographic Change - Ageing
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Multi-generational workforce
Generation Z entering the job market
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10 Billion by 2050
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50% more energy 40% more food Limited Resources
By 2050 the World will need: 30% more water 40% more food 50% more energy
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70% Increase in Food (calories) by 2050
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Employment by Occupation - UK - 1994
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Employment by Occupation - UK - 2024
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Hour Glass Occupational Structure?
More Professional Jobs Fewer Intermediate More Lower Skilled
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Precarious Work
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Emerging Sectors / Technologies
Genetics / Biotechnologies Nano-technologies Alternative Energies Artificial Intelligence Advanced Materials / Chemicals Robotics Cybernetics 3D Printing
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New Technologies tend to
create more jobs?
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Specialism can be risky
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Robot Nation "The problem is that these systems will eliminate jobs
in massive numbers.” Marshall Brain
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Future Shock! "too much change in too short a period of time".
Alvin Toffler
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Equivalent to £28,350 per person Debt increasing @ £5,170 a second
National Debt £1,764,090,000,000 1.8 Trillion Equivalent to £28,350 per person Debt £5,170 a second Focus LMI © 2016
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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Plan it
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possible scenarios pessimistic v optimistic
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Four Possible Scenarios
Innovation Adaption Skills Activism Forced Flexibility The Great Divide
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Implications Global / Mobility Technology / Skills, Job Replacement
Precarious Jobs / Low Pay-No Pay Two Tier / Hour Glass Job Market Multi-generational Workforce Gender Divisions? Anti-globalisation?
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