The Future of Work and the Workplace | Bahrain Govt, Bahrain | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker – Matthew Griffin

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By Matthew Griffin Keynote Presentations 28th October 2021

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

The future of work and the workplace will be very different from what we see today, and while many worry about the threat of automation there are more upsides than downsides.

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Firstly, it was a great privilege to be asked to present to the Bahrain government, DG’s, ministers, and undersecretaries and discuss the Future of Work – a topic that is now more top of mind than it ever has been before as the world cautiously looks towards a post pandemic future and returning to the new normal.

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During the presentation I discussed a number of future business operating models that included everything from today’s gig economy workers, which now account for around 30 percent of the global workforce, the rise of what I call Algorithmic Organisations – where Artificial Intelligence (AI) discovers, hires, manages, optimises, and fires members of the workforce automatically and autonomously – and then I briefly discussed the rise of a new breed of organisation – fully autonomous organisations.

The Future of Work and the Workplace, Keynote by Matthew Griffin

Turning to the workforce and workplace I discussed how both are changing with the times as immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) let us literally work in any location “virtually” from any location via telepresence and tele-operations, and then I went on to discuss the future of human-machine collaboration and partnership.

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Then, lastly but not least, in light of the fact that the vast majority of the world’s news outlets focus on the negatives of future workforce automation I highlighted the differences between dumb automation, the rise of autonomous platforms, and the Centaur Principle. And if you’re wondering what that last one is then you’ll just have to watch the keynote, and I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

Matthew Griffin / About Author

Described by NASA as a "Walking Encyclopaedia of the Future" and one of the world’s most in demand keynote speakers Matthew Griffin, Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm, is a multi-award winning Futurist and strategic foresight expert, author, lecturer, mentor, podcast and YouTube host.

With a distinguished career running global business units at Atos, EMC, and IBM today Matthew helps leaders and titans of industry from all over the world explore the impact of the inter sections of technology, culture, and leadership, then helps them create high performance organisations that can continuously disrupt, outpace, and outthink their competition.

15 times author of the hit series the Codex of the Future series Matthew's ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society has earned him a powerful reputation and a roster of clients that include royal households, world leaders across the G7, G20, and G77, and many of the world's most recognised and exceptional organisations including ABB, Accenture, ABN Amro, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Deloitte, Dentons, Disney, Dow, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Microsoft, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Nokia, Paramount, PepsiCo, PWC, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, Visa, WIRED, WPP and hundreds of others.

Matthew is regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, and his mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.