David Lee: Why jobs of the future won't feel like work
David Lee: ¿Por qué los trabajos del futuro no parecerán trabajo?
UPS’s David Lee works to create platforms that make it easier for people to turn fuzzy ideas into concrete solutions. Full bio
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concern these days
se está volviendo tan inteligente
on the path to a jobless future.
de un futuro sin empleo.
de un auto sin conductor
of a self-driving car
for all kinds of different reasons.
is actually the most common job
conductor es el empleo más frecuente
when we're no longer driving our cars
cuando ya no conduzcamos autos
autodiagnostiquemos las enfermedades?
from Forrester Research
de Forrester Research
that 25 million jobs
en los próximos 10 años.
in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
que luego de la crisis financiera.
that are at risk.
we are seeing tremendous gains
vemos enormes ganancias
and decision-making
y la toma de decisiones
will be affected by this change.
mejor pagados, y a los más inteligentes.
what your job is,
de qué trabajes,
or software in the next few years.
en los próximos años.
like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates
como Mark Zuckerberg y Bill Gates
government-funded minimum income levels.
mínimo financiado por el gobierno.
on things like health care
ponerse de acuerdo en cuidar la salud
where they'll find consensus
as universal basic life income.
como un ingreso vital básico universal.
needs to be led by us in industry.
debemos liderar la respuesta.
the change that's ahead of us
in the age of robotics.
en la era de la robótica.
dos enormes extinciones de empleo
faced down and recovered
based on farms fell by 90 percent,
de las granjas cayó un 90 %,
working in factories
estadounidenses de las fábricas
however, is one of time.
sin embargo, es el tiempo.
to move from farms to factories,
de las granjas a las fábricas,
a service economy.
una economía de servicios.
solo de 10 a 15 años para afinar,
10 or 15 years to adjust,
today's elementary-school students
estudiantes de primaria
in a world that's robotic,
en un mundo robotizado,
in kind of un-great depression.
una especie de no tan gran depresión.
large companies apply new technologies.
aplican las nuevas tecnologías.
to replace human workers.
a trabajadores humanos.
taking steps right now
a dar pasos ahora mismo
where people love coming to work
que a las personas les encante trabajar
la innovación necesaria
the innovation that we need
that will be lost to technology.
que se perderán por la tecnología.
to preventing our jobless future
un futuro sin empleos
of human-centered jobs
de empleos centrados en la persona
the hidden talents and passions
los talentos ocultos y las pasiones
es importante reconocer
it's important to recognize
we are the one building the robots.
los que construyen los robots.
en las fábricas hace décadas,
left the factory decades ago,
en torno a tareas procedurales
around procedural tasks
de horas que pasan haciendo esas tareas.
of hours that they perform these tasks.
de empleo acotadas
or taxi driver
de préstamos o taxista
to form entire careers
que hagan una carrera
actually two dangerous side effects.
dos efectos colaterales dañinos.
narrowly defined jobs
empleos tan específicos
to be displaced by robots,
por los robots, porque
are just the easiest kinds to build.
son los más fáciles de construir.
around the world
de trabajadores en todo el mundo
de un agente de centro de llamadas.
of a call center agent.
de los menores costos de operación
we brag about lower operating costs
of the need for brainpower
del poder de decisión
and put it into the system.
they click on screens,
cliquean en pantallas,
over the next few years,
en los próximos años,
like clerks and bookkeepers,
y los contables,
of their work disappear.
de sus fuentes laborales.
que empezar a crear nuevos empleos
we have to start creating new jobs
on the tasks that a person does
que hace una persona
that a person brings to work.
que puede aportar la persona al trabajo.
at repetitive and constrained work,
para tareas repetitivas y acotadas,
una capacidad asombrosa
capability with creativity
that we've never seen before.
que no hemos visto antes.
brings a little bit of a surprise
un poco de sorpresa,
already live in this world,
ya habitan ese mundo,
of too many companies and organizations
de las empresas y organizaciones
and do your job.
haga una tarea específica.
the tasks that will be disappearing
las tareas que desaparecerán
more valuable work that should replace it.
reemplazo más significativos y valiosos.
como los robots.
that we absolutely hate doing.
que aborrecemos hacer.
Davis at the University of Chicago.
Davis de la Universidad de Chicago.
don't leave too much of themselves
la gente no deje gran parte de sí
are amazing on weekends.
los fines de semana.
and what they do on Saturdays.
y en qué hacen los sábados.
chefs and athletes.
cocineros y atletas.
to being Junior HR Specialist
Especialista Jr. de RR.HH.
not only sound boring,
no solo suenan aburridas,
a subtle encouragement
acotadas y aburridas en el trabajo.
and boring job contributions.
that when you invite people to be more,
si invitas a las personas a ser más,
with how much more they can be.
con cuánto más pueden ser.
en un banco grande
I was working at a large bank
into its company culture.
a la cultura corporativa.
a prototyping contest
un concurso de prototipos
anything that they wanted.
cualquier cosa que quisieran.
the primary limiter to innovation
o la falta de talento,
of the program were amazing.
fueron asombrosos.
people to reenvision
a que imaginaran
to build anything that you wanted
de construir algo que uno quisiera
limited by their day-to-day job titles,
limitadas por sus títulos cotidianos,
of different skills and talents
todo tipo de habilidades y talentos
that they were trying to solve.
marketing people being architects,
y a gente de marketing como arquitectos,
their ability to write jokes.
de sus habilidades para escribir chistes.
brought their unexpected talents to work
llevaron sus talentos al trabajo
wanting to solve for years.
tratado de resolver durante años.
millions of dollars of value,
de dólares en valor,
touch-tone system for call centers,
preatendedor para centros de llamada,
para las sucursales
tarjetas de agradecimiento
of the employee working experience.
experiencia laboral del empleado.
dreamed of using at work.
que nunca soñaron usar en el trabajo.
pulled me aside and said,
me llamó a un lado y dijo:
one of the most intense,
han sido las más intensas,
of my entire life,
en toda mi carrera,
sentí que fuera trabajo".
got to be creators and innovators.
fueron creadores e innovadores.
bugging them for years,
molestado durante años,
those dreams into a reality.
hacer todos esos sueños realidad.
of what separates us from machines.
de lo que nos separa de las máquinas.
do not get frustrated,
and most curious
y somos curiosos
into a problem and create change.
en un problema y crear un cambio.
of new products, new services,
nuevos productos, nuevos servicios,
analysts and specialists,
analistas y especialistas,
and protection that they need to grow
y la protección que necesitan para crecer
a nuestros empleos contra robots,
debemos abandonar la mentalidad
to get out of the mindset
what problems they're inspired to solve
problemas resolverán con su imaginación
they want to bring to work.
aportar a su trabajo.
your Saturday self to work on Wednesdays,
un miércoles el yo del sábado,
that we have about Mondays
respecto de los lunes
para una era de máquinas inteligentes,
for an era of intelligent machines,
to our working lives.
a nuestras vidas laborales.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lee - Innovation leaderUPS’s David Lee works to create platforms that make it easier for people to turn fuzzy ideas into concrete solutions.
Why you should listen
David Lee is the Vice President of Innovation and the Strategic Enterprise Fund for UPS. In that role, he develops programs that make it easier for smart, creative people to get together and explore ideas. It's clear that great ideas can come from anywhere. His responsibility to help people turn their ideas into tangible, pragmatic solutions. His team coordinates communities, programs, and contests that give people permission to chase down problems that they are personally inspired to address. He is constantly amazed at what happens when thoughtful, passionate people are given room to run.
Lee's career has been filled with interesting opportunities to break down new barriers for large corporations. He has been involved in the launch of dozens of new products, services and businesses within the framework of corporate processes and expectations. Some of those efforts flourished while others failed. Because of those lessons, he looks to create pathways which result in rapid impact and "good failures" whenever possible.
Prior to joining UPS, he led innovation at SunTrust Bank. Lee started his career at Bank of America, where he worked in advanced technology and asset management. There he helped to launch retirement services and a strategic venture capital group. He studied economics at the University of Virginia and went to business school at the University of Chicago.
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