Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Based on McKinsey’s 2017 projections, SREB reported that 44% of all work activities were potentially automatable from 2016 to 2030. As with most everything else, the pandemic altered these estimates. In May 2020, McKinsey and Company found that consumer and business digital adoption had advanced five years (by McKinsey’s previous projection) over just eight weeks at the beginning of the pandemic. The need for action to prepare today’s workforce for tomorrow’s possibilities could not be more urgent. If states can meet this moment, what they stand to gain is worth the effort. If states do not rise to the challenge, preparing their workforces for tomorrow’s uncertainties, the fallout for individuals and industries could be catastrophic.
https://www.sreb.org/publication/pandemics-dual-threat-vulnerable-workers
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