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In these
times we live in it’s not strange to hear or read about the importance of
innovation as a propeller of the economic development of nations. The search
for new and better ways to do things is one of the engines that pushes hundreds of companies
(ours included) to research, develop and try ideas, products or solutions that
transform processes, improve efficiency and ultimately change our life and our
world for the best.
Working in
an IT company that has innovation as one of its values forces us to see beyond
what is known, what is considered as standard. We must constantly anticipate
what is coming, what the world needs, and how we can materialize better
solutions to satisfy those needs.
So, when I
read this article on FastCoExist a few days ago, where they discuss the “8
new jobs people will have in 2025“, it was inevitable to think about the
diversity of jobs that will originate from innovative technologies like ours,
which daily change our surroundings and ways to do things, to the point of
transforming the work itself and creating new job categories that seemed
inconceivable before.
"Digital Detox Specialist, Corporate
Unorganizer, Digital Death Manager” – when reading these “future” job
descriptions one may think it’s all a joke. Some may not materialize after all.
But the idea behind the article is fascinating because it shows us that: 1.
technology is an element that is intrinsically linked to our lives, to the
point that it influences and will influence the way we communicate, study, the
jobs we choose, job hunting and their execution. 2. innovation isn’t only a
concept that we apply to a product, a computer program or a design, but it also
involves transforming roles at the workplace, and changing us in the process.
We need to keep looking ahead, anticipating the coming changes, learn new work
methods and, why not? unlearn others.
As a
company that develops technologies to create a deep social impact, there is no doubt that
many of these new jobs will spring from the need of having professionals
capable of tackling the big challenges our future brings: an urban
shepherd that oversees the proper operation of city infrastructures, and who
knows how to handle resources; a vertical farmer that knows
how to tend to vertical gardens designed to save space; a climate controller that
manages and modifies weather patterns; a sustainability officer
that implements eco-friendly policies in several environments. There will be
dozens of new jobs that will require something more than a well prepared
individual for their execution. Innovation will be a key quality in our lives.
This is
just the beginning!
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