Technology Push vs Market Pull:
- Technology Push: Innovations driving new markets (e.g., iPhone creating smartphone
demand)
- Market Pull: Consumer needs pulling tech development (e.g., renewable energy demand
driving battery research)
- Hybrid Example: COVID-19 vaccine development (pushed by mRNA tech, pulled by pandemic
needs)
- Data-Driven Choices: Amazon using purchase history to guide warehouse robotics
development
Changing Job Roles:
- Emerging Roles: AI trainers, drone operators, 3D printing technicians
- Transformed Roles: Bank tellers → financial advisors (due to ATMs/online banking)
- Displaced Roles: Assembly line workers replaced by collaborative robots (cobots)
- Upskilling Examples: Automotive technicians training in EV battery systems
Case Studies:
- Healthcare: Surgical nurses adapting to robotic surgery systems like da Vinci
- Retail: Cashiers transitioning to "customer experience specialists" with
self-checkout tech
- Construction: Traditional architects learning BIM (Building Information Modeling)
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