LSE London Alumni Talks

In this podcast we will be talking to George Zarkadakis. George is the Digital Lead at and heads the Future of Work consulting practice at Willis Towers Watson. In addition George is an artificial Intelligence engineer and digital innovation professional who has keen research interests in the impact of AI on us as a species and society.

In this podcast George talks to us about the varying impacts of AI from a personal, professional and societal perspective, how we should address these impacts and what this means for all of us. We hope you enjoy the podcast.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

LSEAAL Future of Work Podcast Series

Investing in the Workforce of Tomorrow - HR investment trends in AI and automation with Devyani Vashapayam (HR Tech Partnership)

In this podcast Devyani talks to us about the impact of COVID 19 on underlying trends in the HR space, working life and wider economy, the challenges and opportunities this presents for managers and employees, what future holds in this regard and her thoughts on key services gaps and opportunities in the market. We hope you enjoy the podcast.

1:12- Devyani introduces herself and HRTech Partnership, which connects corporates to AI based people tech startups.

2:45 - Coronavirus: Is this remote working mindset here to stay?

5:00 - The biggest management challenges with Covid:

• Phase 1: Software for collaboration, Virtual Assessments, Interviewing, Onboarding
• Phase 2 (in a couple months): Restructuring, and jobs going away
• Phase 3: Intentional planning for effective remote work

8:18 Some technologies that will rise post-covid

• Current crisis has accelerated the need for systems that facilitate collaboration
• Robotics and automation will also accelerate, with Ocado’s Andover warehouse having 80% robots.

11:15 “Technology is already there, it’s usage and commerciality is going to increase in pretty exponential fashion now”

12:20 The longer term impact on jobs: Some reports on Automation say that in 10 years, up to 50% of jobs could be impacted (not accounting for Covid) .

• 12:45 An Oil & Gas leader expects 1 in 2 jobs in the US to go away, and 30-40% of international jobs to be impacted
• 13:13 Retail and Hospitality could have a far bigger impact
• 13:25 The prospect of “Jobless Recovery” may be optimistic, as quite a few jobs may never come back.

14:05 - Sector specific example - Recruitment

• 14:40 Technology is growing in Facial recognition for interviewing and Virtual Assessment Centres

15:00 Middlemen in the recruitment agencies (research firms, agencies) may be hit by cost cutting

16:11 80% of workers were full time 10 years ago. Today this is 50-60%. Some futurists predicted that in 5 to 10 years it could come down to 30%.

19:40 Important skills for the future of work include Digital, Human, Creativity, and Physical. Also, AI will create new jobs than are destroyed.

20:02 Before Covid, Capita report: Algorithms and AI would create 133m jobs, but displace 75ml jobs resulting in a net gain requiring a different skill set.

25:05 Performance Management as a gap in the market

• One of HR Tech's investee companies - Setting regularly deliverables review, development management and team engagement

27:10 Don’t trap yourself by working with historic data! E.g. Performance review once a year.

28:30 Enabling difficult conversations with employees as a another gap in the market.

28:51 Helping managers empathise with users will be an underserved market need in a big data future

30:33 PWC study says the Transportation, Warehouse, Physical lifting, Manufacturing and routine admin sectors will be impacted in 10 years

31:28 Some countries will be more impacted by others, due to the proportion of job types. The UK is in the middle with a good proportion of service industries.

32:58 Countries might reinstate a social security safety net and increase worker protection again

34:25 What is the workforce of the future and working life going to look like in the post covid economy?

34:25 Post-Covid, I would expect smaller organisations, a bigger shift to digital skills, employee flexibility, more innovative organisations.

35:30 Which technology to invest in?

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Ass

LSEAAL Future of Work Podcast Series

In this podcast Sarah Stein Lubrano from the School of Life talks to us about the increasing importance of autonomy to the workforce of tomorrow, what perspectives managers and companies may need to adopt in this respect and how to consider and harness shifting attitudes to work and working life. We hope you enjoy the podcast.

Podcast Timestamp

1:19 - Sarah’s Intro

2:47 - The School of Life’s use perspectives on the current Covid crisis

4:00 - The value of Stoicism.

**Check out the School of Life’s Video gives a useful background on “The Stoics” :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu7n0XzqtfA

5:10 - Seneca’s life - “What is it to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”

**From Seneca’s Of Consolation: To Marcia. Check out the full collection at: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Of_Consolation:_To_Marcia

6:26 - Taking a historical view of suffering and misfortune

11:01 - A people first approach vs profit first approach to collaboration and work.

**The School of Life’s White Paper on Autonomy.

13:34 - People are increasingly not trusting of jobs to give them security.

“70 - 80% of people don’t trust their company to help them adapt when there is technological change.”

14:22 - The shifting value of autonomy.

18:28 - The “mini-surveillance state” employer vs the autonomous worker.

20:30 - The Amazon warehouse employers as a case study. For and Against.

22:20 - The value and impact of Universal Basic Income.

“If I had to make this argument to people who run low autonomy corporations. It may be working for you right now. [...] I wouldn’t bet on it working forever.”

23:52/24:29 - Employee equity model?

26:06 - Incentivising workers by empowering choices and connecting people to their work.

27:00 - “Get out of managerial mindset thinking of people as an extension of a pyramid of hierarchical decision making”

28:00 - Freedom over money is a false choice.

28:19 - Why society and the workforce has ended up where it has?

In the 50s - People still doing manual labour - “Downsides of people being bossed around are less obvious”.

29:40 - Turnover is very expensive and a key challenge for employers.

32:00 - What skills will not be automated? The future-proof emotional skillsets of the future…

34:52 - “If you learn to be very very good at making decisions that aren’t impulsive, or to say no when people make requests of your time that aren’t important, or to manage your own levels of emotion so that you can focus on the work that you have to do, that will be relevant in 20 years almost certainly....”

35:46 - Exercises for children from the School of Life...

Additional resources

https://www.theschooloflife.com/london/the-school-of-life-for-business/

Welcome to Colonising Space, a podcast series where we talk to the individuals involved in advancing outer space exploration and the space industry.

In this episode we speak to Ian Taylor. Ian is a former MP and Minister of Science, Space and Technology who now serves on the board of several technology led initiatives including chairing the Advisory Board of the UK Innovation & Science Seedfund (UKi2s) which invests capital in ventures emerging from the national science research bases.

In this podcast Ian speaks to us about:

• How outer space initiatives are as much a necessity to maintain our current technological infrastructure as they are to feed our collective imaginations;
• How individuals can start companies in the sector and what key considerations space-leaning ventures should take on board; and
• The role that non scientists and society can play in developing and fostering innovation

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

Welcome to Colonising Space, a podcast series where we talk to the individuals involved in advancing outer space exploration and the space industry.

In this episode we speak to Brian Wang, a lecturer at the Singularity University and the author of Nextbigfuture.com, ranked the #1 “Science News Blog” worldwide. With nearly 1 million readers per month on Nextbigfuture, he has written over 27,000 articles on a variety of topics centred around futurism and emerging technologies.

In this podcast Brian speaks to us about:

• The benefits of a burgeoning space industry for space tourism, telecommunications and interplanetary solar power;
• The economics of incentivising and sustaining innovation in space sector and the most important milestones for interplanetary travel and exploration;
• The benefits of building “cheap and big” and what Tom Hanks’s Castaway can teach us about space travel.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

Welcome to Law 2.0, a podcast series where we talk to individuals looking to change the legal services and regulatory sector.

In this episode we speak to Jordan Furlong. Jordan is a legal market analyst and an award winning legal journalist, who has served as the editor of three leading Canadian legal periodicals: The Lawyers Weekly, National, and the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Magazine. In 2007, Jordan launched an award-winning blog called Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink.

In this podcast Jordan speaks to us about:

• How more efficient and technology-driven processes in legal services are impacting the way legal services are provided;
• How new and recent entrants to the market have developed their markets shares and what this could mean for the revenues of traditional legal service providers;
• What he sees as developing trends going forward, including latent and under-served markets for legal services and what this could mean for public development of these trends.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

The present Law 2.0 podcast seeks to explore developing trends and interesting case studies within the legal services sector. No warranty, express or implied, is given as to the accuracy of the information or opinions contained in this podcast or on this website. Neither the information contained in this podcast or on this website should be read as constituting legal advice. Specialist legal advice from a qualified legal professional engaged to provide the same should be sought where so required.

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Welcome to Law 2.0, a podcast series where we talk to individuals looking to change the legal services and regulatory sector.

In this episode we speak to Orla Lynskey. Orla is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she teaches and conducts research in the areas of data protection, technology regulation, digital rights and EU law. Orla is the author of The Foundations of EU Data Protection Law, published by OUP in 2015, an editor of International Data Privacy Law Journal and is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Data Protection Law Review.

In this podcast Orla speaks to us about:

• The impact of recent developments in data protection law via the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
• The types of rights that individual data subjects have, policy rationales for these rights and the development of the enforceability of these rights;
• The importance considering “platform power” in considering the direct and indirect influence of regulated entities that use personal data.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

The present Law 2.0 podcast seeks to explore developing trends and interesting case studies within the legal services sector. No warranty, express or implied, is given as to the accuracy of the information or opinions contained in this podcast or on this website. Neither the information contained in this podcast or on this website should be read as constituting legal advice. Specialist legal advice from a qualified legal professional engaged to provide the same should be sought where so required.|

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Welcome to Law 2.0, a podcast series where we talk to individuals looking to change the legal services and regulatory sector.

In this episode we speak to Gabriel Teninbaum. Gabriel is the Director of Institute on Legal Innovation & Technology & a Prof. of Legal Writing at Suffolk Law School, Visiting Fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project and the founder of SeRiouS, a learning platform that uses a spaced repetition algorithm and professor-created content to help students prepare for law school exams and the bar.

In this podcast Gabriel speaks to us about:

• the implications and potential of spaced repetition for information dissemination and education;
• the likely impact of automation and information dissemination technologies on specific sections of the legal sector; and
• how this is likely to affect future developments in the industry and opportunities for lawyers of tomorrow.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

The present Law 2.0 podcast seeks to explore developing trends and interesting case studies within the legal services sector. No warranty, express or implied, is given as to the accuracy of the information or opinions contained in this podcast or on this website. Neither the information contained in this podcast or on this website should be read as constituting legal advice. Specialist legal advice from a qualified legal professional engaged to provide the same should be sought where so required.

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Welcome to Law 2.0, a podcast series where we talk to individuals looking to change the legal services and regulatory sector.

In this episode we speak to Chetan Phull, founder of Smartblock Law Professional Corporation, a law firm in Toronto focused in blockchain, cryptocurrency, IT contracts and litigation. Smartblock Law services public companies, SMEs, startups, and high net-worth crypto holders, providing legal advice on blockchain and cryptocurrency, data privacy and cybersecurity as well as legal management of multi-jurisdictional operations. Chetan is an international speaker on cross-border legal management of blockchain operations. He has given blockchain law seminars for the Ontario Bar Association and Dubai government.

Specifically, Chetan speaks to us about:

• the regulatory challenges facing structuring blockchain strategies;
• offers practical tips on how to approach compliance risk for the sector; and
• the direction he believes policy needs to take to help facilitate innovation.

Further resources:

Smartblock Law Professional Corporation website at https://www.smartblocklaw.com/

Chetan Phull can also be contacted via the following channels:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetanphull/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/smartblocklaw

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

The present Law 2.0 podcast seeks to explore developing trends and interesting case studies within the legal services sector. No warranty, express or implied, is given as to the accuracy of the information or opinions contained in this podcast or on this website. Neither the information contained in this podcast or on this website should be read as constituting legal advice. Specialist legal advice from a qualified legal professional engaged to provide the same should be sought where so required.

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Welcome to Law 2.0, a podcast series where we talk to individuals looking to change the legal services and regulatory sector.

In this episode we speak to Mark A. Cohen. Mark is the CEO of Legal Mosaic, a legal business consultancy and a regular contributor to Forbes online with a weekly column focusing on the global legal marketplace. In addition Mark is an accomplished speaker, author and holds positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Specifically, Mark speaks to us about:

• His experiences in a setting up ClearSpire a groundbreaking “two-company model” law firm and service provider;
• Interesting case studies, challenges and developing trends for current companies operating in the legal services sector;
• potential disruptions, both technological and market driven, that could impact the sector going forward and how professional in the legal services sector should seek to position themselves.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is created by the London School of Economics Alumni Association (London) (“LSEAAL”) and its production is not affiliated with the educational institution, the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). The content of this podcast remains the opinion(s) of the individual(s) recorded and do not represent the views or opinions of the LSE.

The present Law 2.0 podcast seeks to explore developing trends and interesting case studies within the legal services sector. No warranty, express or implied, is given as to the accuracy of the information or opinions contained in this podcast or on this website. Neither the information contained in this podcast or on this website should be read as constituting legal advice. Specialist legal advice from a qualified legal professional engaged to provide the same should be sought where so required.

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