我们应如何面对疫情全球大流行及疫后时期,甚至欣然接受所带来的不确定性?
我们为客户打造专属的网络研讨会系列「新视角叙事」,其中我们邀请了Google的顶级未来学家Thomas Frey,他擅长系统地探索当代讯号,以预测未来的种种可能。
Thomas目前所创立的DaVinci Institute担任执行董事和高级未来学家。此前曾在IBM工作15年,目前仍是IBM公司最杰出的工程师,荣获270多个奖项。
Thomas正在彻底改变我们对未来的看法,下文载列这位远见专家的部分摘录。
对于「理解明天,才能在今日茁壮成长」的理念,Thomas称:
「作为一名未来学家,我的工作是帮助人们变得更好,并给予他们一些关于未来的想法和观点。那么问题来了:「未来是如何被创造的?」未来是在我们周围每个人的头脑中创造的。我们每个人均在创造未来。
我经常说:「未来创造现在」。这句话与传统思维正好相反。大多数人认为,我们今日所为会在某种程度上创造未来。但从另一个视角看,我们头脑中对未来的想象,决定了我们今日的行动。如果我们改变某人对未来的看法,我们就改变了他们今日的决策方式,这是非常关键的一点。而这就是我的工作目标。」
关于新冠状病毒(Covid-19):
「新冠状病毒带来人类历史上的黑暗时刻。企业本身经受了数月的关停后,就难以再次重启。疫情严重冲击企业,同时我们看到了许多突破点。因为供应链已经中断,或是产品和服务突然失去需求,从而导致许多各式的企业无法重启业务。
例如,共享经济仍在苦海之中。现在人们不再去听大型音乐会或参加大型活动。主要街道上再见不到游行,人们不再欢庆节日,并且喜剧俱乐部不再营业。电影院即使开放,也几乎空无一人。我们目前尚未得知这些情况会以何种方式再次发生。
如今年轻人的头脑正被灌输接触恐惧症的想法,即害怕与他人相处。今后这将成为常态并将产生长期影响。
尽管如此,疫情虽然造成巨大混乱,同时亦带来巨大机会,在未来数月和数年内,大量机会和实验将蜂拥而现。」
关于未来的预测和趋势:
1.寻找意义和目标
「我们正在经历有史以来最大的工作转型,在此期间人们有时间坐下来思考一些事情,比如是否真的想在目前的人生阶段从事这份工作或营运这家企业。他们正在寻找一些更有意义和更值得追求的东西,他们发现目前是转变的绝佳机会。」
2.成长型行业
「部分行业(例如送货机器人)开始以指数级的速度发展。送货机器人突然爆发巨大需求,同时电动汽车的销量亦爆炸式增长。
实验室种植肉类的生产正全面展开,肉类生产设施将在2025年普及。它们将会迅速涌现,并大规模发展。
在这里特别谈一下远程办公。事实上,随着在家办公人士决定翻新自己的家,以创造更好的环境,2020年的家庭翻新异常火热。
到2030年,互联网最大的公司将是一家教育型公司,目前这家公司尚未发明,我们未曾听闻,并且规模要大于Google、Facebook或Apple。」
3.颠覆性的趋势
「历史上最具颠覆性的技术将是无人驾驶技术。这不仅仅指汽车驾驶,还包括水上或水下行船,以及空中驾驶。这些自动驾驶车辆的形状及形式各异。
相信不久之后,几乎每个主要城市均有超过50,000架无人机在上空飞行。届时,我们将需要建立无人机指挥中心,以及需要许多其他物项管理无人机交通。这亦将产生很多人才缺口。
接着则是数码化孪生技术。数码化孪生是一个有生命或无生命的物理实体的数码化复制品。例如,如果你在拖拉机或发电厂的涡轮机上安装了传感器,即可创建一个数码化复制品,并从远处(甚至从世界的另一端)进行监控。如果出现问题,则可订购一个替代品,而事实上你甚至可在问题发生之前就开始预测可能发生的问题。
技术发展非常迅速,下一阶段将进入远程机器人技术,而在手术领域已出现医生远程为病人做手术。
健康护理行业正从一个由药品驱动的行业,过渡至一个由数据驱动的行业。由于我们拥有数据可利用,我们即将能够为大众提供非常精确的药物和治疗形式。目前很多公司认为,人类基因组只是人体的另一种编程语言。因此,如果我们能以某种方式调整人类基因组,我们实际上可以对人体进行重新编程。
人工智能将改变教育界。未来教育需求将非常强劲,因此教育的角色正在发生变化。由于目前已经无法提前四到五年预测企业的教育需求,因此将在2030年进入劳动力市场的人士,最好重新规划职业生涯,并在工作生涯中多次重塑自身。这些人士将频繁转换职业,而随着人工智能的发展,一场变革即将到来,并几乎将会改变人们生活方式的方方面面。」
「下一步是什么」
「我们对全球的意识已经发生了变化:我们正在寻找一种新的叙事方式,而目前正是新一代叙事人指导我们的思维并相应创造机会的绝佳时机。我们对丰功伟人的定义正不断改变。我们正在探索疫情后新的领导形式、决策形式以及确定优先事项和完成工作任务的新方式。」
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