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FEBRUARY 2018HR TECH OUTLOOK8Enabling a Digital Workforce: Upgrading yourself to stay relevant in the race for Super Intelligence Peter Malek, Director, Process Performance & Operational Excellence, VMwareByCreating an Equal Playing FieldTechnology is perhaps the greatest equalizer and enabler of today and the future, as the saying goes "no one knows who you are on the internet." The digital era including Internet-of-Things, Robotic Process Automation, Cognitive Technologies, Blockchain, Augmented/Virtual Reality is quickly blurring the lines between humans and machines.As a society, we are becoming more technology dependent, making it an unavoidable extension of our minds, actions, and behavior. It's figuring out how to best learn, interface, design, manage and integrate the technology effectively and safely with humans that has yet to be solved.Overcoming the Technology Fear Factor The evolution of technology has been an ongoing pursuit of intelligence through the processing of information. As more information becomes accessible, managing and processing the information has presented a growing challenge. Faced with how technology can solve the challenge, we often overlook a small yet fundamental variable, which is the human at the center of it all that ultimately has to understand:1) Who the technology benefits?2) What are the technology dependencies? 3) Where and When to use the technology?4) How the technology has the ability to enable them?With technology often oversimplified, it comes as no surprise that a wide spread tech-phobia has emerged. Industry studies reveal a growing digital skill gap with subject matter experts and across large organizations. This real-world problem is increasing with the pace and complexity of technology change. Not withstanding, it's important to recognize some of technologies existing limitations and dependencies on humans:· Non-Cognitive Technology requires instructions, structured data, and discrete rule-sets · Cognitive Technology uses computations from individuals' actions, which have hidden biases learned and applied when gathering and processing data· Cognitive Technology provides probabilistic outputsIn My Opinion
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