The mindset shift employees need to succeed in the future of work

When you think of the future of work, what do you imagine?

Whether your workplace is a hospital or a construction site, technology will shape its future for decades to come. That's no longer debatable. The question is, how will companies harness technology to benefit employees and ultimately customers and owners.

Across industries, technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics have the potential to make work a more efficient and productive place and power a transformation like we have never seen. While the change will be gradual — most change is — all businesses must get prepared now.

What we're first likely to see is worker/machine co-existence. According to a McKinseyreport, even though 10 to 25 percent of work done in banks will be automated in the next few years, most work will require humans and machines learning to work together. And organizations need to get their employees ready for these bot-coworkers.

Two job trends are developing. One is the concentration of job growthexpected in certain positions, such as software developers, computer systems analysts, and product managers. Secondly, there will be a renewed importance in workers having core competencies: adaptability, creativity, skills agility, and problem-solving. Asreported by the World Economic Forum, it is these skills which best prepare people for an evolving and dynamic workplace. In the future, companies won't want one skillset or another; they'll want all of them.

To adequately prepare, leaders and their employees need to focus on three things: an open mindset, lifelong learning, and recruiting employees that have new skills.

Source: CNBC

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