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26 September 2017
The world is changing
Workforces are changing
Leaders in a Disruptive Era
No-regrets moves
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The world is changing
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The future of work
At the beginning of the century,
Ray Kurzweil, Futurist and Chief
Engineer at Google, predicted
that 20,000 years of
progress would be crammed
into the next 100.
Rapid urbanisation
Significant increase in the world’s population moving to live in cities
Technological breakthroughs
Rapid advances in technological innovation
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Sources: Internet World Stats, UN Broadband Commission, Statista; Digital in 2017: Global Overview, wearesocial; Cyber-attack: Europol says it was unprecedented in scale, BBC
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Uncertainty: The human impact
Business fragmentation: Small is powerful.
Large businesses lose their dominance as customers seek relevance and
organisations find scale a burden rather than a benefit. Social bubbles and affinity
groups take on a new importance. Many could not exist without digital platforms
Collectivism:
Fairness and equality dominates. Individualism:
Where “me” first rules.
The common good prevails over
personal preference, e.g. collective A focus on individual wants; a
responsibility for the environment, response to the infinite choices
social good and “fairness” over available to consumers.
individual interest.
Brains+bots
Purpose
Discretionary effort
Ageing Soft skills
Talent mix Generations
Flexibility
Global
Diversity Work/life
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Plan for many scenarios
77% of FS
CEOs 73% of CEOs
concerned 60% of CEOs
concerned
about speed of rethinking HR
about limited
function
availability of tech change
skills
“As technology in the workplace increases, it will have a big impact on both people
and culture. It’ll change the type of people you employ. It’ll change the culture of
delivery within the organisation.” Peter Harrison, Group CEO, Schroders Plc
* 487 financial services (FS) CEOs in 71 countries participated in PwC’s 20th CEO Survey
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Leadership is a key differentiator
The future is happening. Own the automation debate.
This isn’t about some ‘far future’ of work – change is Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will affect every level
already happening, and accelerating. of the business and its people. It’s too important an issue to leave
to IT (or HR) alone. A depth of understanding and keen insight
No regrets and bets. into the changing technology landscape is a must.
The future isn’t a fixed destination. Plan for a
dynamic rather than a static future. You’ll need to
People not jobs.
recognise multiple and evolving scenarios. Make ‘no Organisations can’t protect jobs which are made redundant by
regrets’ moves that work with most scenarios – but technology – but they do have a responsibility to their people.
you’ll need to make some ‘bets’ too. Protect people not jobs. Nurture agility, adaptability and re-
skilling.
Workforce is anxious.
A third of workers are anxious about the future and of CEOs say they’re already
their job due to automation – an anxiety that kills
confidence and the willingness to innovate. How
your employees feel affects the business today – so
start a mature conversation about the future.
52 %
exploring the benefits of
humans and machines
working together
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…and leaders must adapt
Acquiring The Right Developing The Right Fostering High Recognizing employees
People Skills Performance Culture based on outcome
A need for people with a To deal with the complex Technologies change faster People needs to be measured
hybrid of skills and ability to issues in the digital era, your than most people are able to. based on their unique
deal with complexity. talent needs to have the right As ways of working adapt so contribution to the
Attitude rather than talent skills to solve these issues. does the culture in an organization, rather than the
becomes the differentiator in Training your people is vital organisation. processes they complete.
this era. to keep your organization Leaders need to ensure A good performance
Digital tools allow for new relevant in the digital era. employees feel empowered management system will
and innovative talent and supported to take enable you to make informed
acquisition strategies. calculated risks. decisions about your people
“We need multi-talented people who not only understand one piece of technology or one
piece of commercialisation but rather the whole chain.” – Pekka Lundmark, CEO, Konecranes Plc.
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But are leaders ready?
Leaders in
transformational era must
be able to imagine and
articulate a vision for
their organisation’s future
while ensuring it also runs
effectively in the
present.
Key capabilities
Positive use of language Passionate detachment
Leaders need to be passionate.
Use the ‘action’ of language with
awareness, skilfulness and an
Positive use of Passionate They also need to be able to stand
intention to create positive outcomes. language detachment back and detach themselves from
their endeavours, to be able to see
them objectively and change their
position if new insight requires it.
Creative use of
Creative use of power power
Leadership is the exercise of power: formal and informal,
institutional and personal.
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No regrets moves for leaders
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• Plan for multiple and emerging visions of the • Understand clearly how each creates different
future using a scenarios approach. workforce challenges and implications.
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Malcolm Foo
Partner PwC South East Asia Consulting,
Advisor PwC Consulting Indonesia
Malcolm.foo@id.pwc.com
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