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Featured Futurist: Taylor Review of Modern Working Practises, The RSA
Technology's impact on human jobs and work isn't disputed but increasingly powerful technologies now threaten more workers so we need to be prepared.
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Griffin, M. (2017) 'Featured Futurist: Taylor Review of Modern Working Practises, The RSA', 311 Institute, 21 July. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/featured-futurist-taylor-review-of-modern-working-practises-the-rsa/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to the UK Government and Matthew Taylor and his team at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) for inviting me contribute and play a part in putting together the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practises report that was presented to and formally unveiled by the UK government’s Prime Minister Theresa May in July 2017.
As we race headlong into an increasingly complex and furious future, where science fiction becomes science fact, where “machines” in all their forms, from Artificial Intelligent (AI) avatars and robo’s and increasingly sophisticated robots, continue to encroach on human jobs as wide ranging as scientists and surgeons, as well as creatives, drivers, and warehouse workers, in my opinion at least we need to develop concrete coping strategies that prepare us all for what’s coming.
While the future is indeed fast and furious, with even the EU saying that AI and automation “will affect every strata of EU society,” today we do have the insights and tools we need to map it and navigate it, but needless to say it’s down to us to envision it, understand it, and lead it.
After all, come 2035 or sooner, one of the phrases I certainly don’t want to hear ushered in the halls of government is “Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” because that it not a strategy, and by that point it could be too late to stem the fallout.
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Technology's impact on human jobs and work isn't disputed but increasingly powerful technologies now threaten more workers so we need to be prepared.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 21 July 2017. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2017). Featured Futurist: Taylor Review of Modern Working Practises, The RSA. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/featured-futurist-taylor-review-of-modern-working-practises-the-rsa/
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