469: How to Keep Robots from Stealing Your Job with Alexandra Levit

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How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 26 July 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Futurist Alexandra Levit explains what the “robot takeover” will really look like and how you can stay relevant despite it. You'll Learn: The problem with how organizations automate Honest predictions about the future of the human workforce The essentials skills that make you future-proof About Alexandra: Alexandra Levit has conducted proprietary research on the future of work, technology adoption, the millennial generation, gender differences and bias, and the skills gap. She also served as a member of Business Roundtable’s Springboard Project, which advised the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of Defense on current employment issues. Levit also consults and writes on leadership development, human resources, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, innovation, career and workplace trends on behalf of Fortune 500 companies. She is a frequent national media spokesperson and is regularly featured in outlets including USA Today, National Public Radio, CNN, ABC News, CNBC, Forbes, the Associated Press, and Glamour. Levit was named an American Management Association Top Leader for two years in a row and has also been Money Magazine’s Online Career Expert of the Year and the author of one of Forbes’ best websites for women. Alexandra’s book: Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future (Kogan Page Inspire) Alexandra’s book: They Don't Teach Corporate in College, 3rd Edition: A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World Alexandra’s Website: AlexandraLevit.com Resources mentioned in the show: Software: QuickBooks Software: iDashboards Research: McKinsey: Jobs lost, jobs gained: What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages Study: Bystander Effect Study: Harry F. Harlow, Monkey Love Experiments Dale Carnegie Course: Powerful People Skills Online Course Provider: Degree.com Data Analytics Course: IBM Analytics Learning Services Online Course Provider: Coursera Online Course Provider: edX Online Course Provider: Udemy Magazine: Fast Company Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Thank you, Sponsors! Ziprecruiter is the smartest way to hire. Free trial available at Ziprecruiter.com/HTBA. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep469 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McChitis.
0:16.3	Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 469
0:22.2	with Alexanderavitt.
0:23.6	I think you'll dig this chat with Alexandra because she is laying to rest,
0:27.4	you know, what do we need to worry about versus not worry about
0:29.7	with regard to robots and automation and the future of work in a sober, nuanced, measured way that is based on research and a lot of depth.
0:41.0	So I really appreciate it and I think it will help put you at ease and
0:44.5	position you wisely for which skills you should be sharpening. So you'll learn one
0:48.4	the problem with how organizations automate, two honest predictions about the future of the human workforce, and three, the
0:54.8	essential skills that make you future proof.
0:57.5	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to Adams we've
0:59.9	referenced, you'll find them over at awesome at your job. com slash F four six nine along with some other really cool stuff
1:06.2	such as the 10 days to winning at work email course which will show you how to
1:09.5	slash over 80 minutes of waste out of your work week each week so you can get home
1:15.2	earlier have a little bit more of life or just do some more strategically fun
1:19.0	interesting work that our human brains are apt to do.
1:22.7	Now here's Alexandra's story.
1:24.2	Alexander Leavitt has conducted proprietary research
1:26.2	on the future of work, technology adoption,
1:28.0	the millennial generation, gender differences in bias,
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