Thought Talk

Jeff Wald is the co-Founder and President of WorkMarket, an ADP company, as well as the author of the book The End of Jobs: The Rise of on Demand Workers and Agile Corporations.   He comes on the show today to discuss the way COVID-19 has precipitated some of the changes forecasted for the future of work, as well as what you as a business owner or leader need to do to prepare for the future of the American workforce.   We touch on subjects ranging from the absence of retraining and its link to populism and nationalism, the advent of cobots and AI to democracy and technology being the way forward through the future of the American workforce. Tips and Thoughts for Making the Best of the 4th Industrial Revolution   A job that has more than 50% repetitive high-volume-component tasks is historically automated away. This should account for 10 to 15% of jobs in the U.S., over the next 10 years.   Have a retraining plan — revolutions are never smooth affairs; at the onset of a 4th industrial revolution (or the f