FutureworkNZ blog

To succeed in an unpredictable and changing world, adaptability is the key. Let’s be chameleons. Tec…

In our first four draft reports, the Commission focused on questions like:

Is technology progress a…

I’ve got some bad news about Santa Claus. The North Pole may be far, but it’s not too far to avoid t…

I’m sure you’ve heard some version of this popular prediction – about two-thirds of children enterin…

If you’ve read anything about technological change and the future of work – or even if you’ve just G…

There are two “expert” messages about the impact of the digital revolution on work that are hard to …

The first of the Productivity Commission’s reports on technological change and the future of work is…

Many, many things affect whether a firm will adopt a technology, and whether this adoption will be s…

There’s a long lag between invention and any labour market effects from the mass adoption of technol…

Robots are going to take our jobs, right?  Well, maybe. The available evidence provides conflicting …

New tech. A traditional local industry.

There’s an old joke about an economist searching for their keys under a street lamp.

“Machines take jobs” cry the headlines. A journalist friend once said the media only publish two sto…

Many people worry about the impact of new and emerging technologies like robots and artificial intel…

The US–China trade war is in the news again.