People know how passionate I am about the influence and opportunities that digital technologies have on the workforce. It’s great to be able to contribute to the World Economic Forum White Paper on “Augmented Workforce: Empowering People, Transforming Manufacturing”.
Although technology is an important pillar of organisational strategy, people remain essential on shop floors and will continue to be so in the future. To remain competitive in an increasingly complex manufacturing landscape, companies need to move beyond an automation narrative and consider the empowering role of augmentation.
This involves placing the workforce at the centre of discussions, creating a more accessible and inclusive work environment, increasing employees’ well-being and fostering human connection and collaboration.
The white paper illustrates how augmentation technologies assist the workforce to establish a future of industrial work that is more productive, accessible, inclusive and sustainable.
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