Due to COVID-19-related restrictions and quarantines, the great majority of the working world is currently working remotely. Most of us were never taught how to work from home. As a result of the crisis, many people experience loneliness, a lack of support, frequent distractions, a loss of connection, and worry. This has most certainly impacted motivation, efficiency, and work-life balance, causing stress and negatively impacting physical and mental health. In this blog, we discuss how intelligent automation can enhance the work structure.
More than one billion people are at risk of losing their jobs as a result of the economic slowdown induced by COVID-19. This position varies greatly from one industry to the next (airlines are particularly affected, while computer skills are more and more in demand).
Analysis
Intelligent Automation assists us in identifying opportunities to improve our work. For example, smartwatches. IA can monitor work-life balance, minimize stress, and improve our professional behaviour over time thanks to individual dashboards. IA assists us in ‘taking the pulse’ of our professional activities. It can, for example, suggest occasional breaks during a day of meetings or even suggest automating a monotonous operation. This is frequently accomplished through the use of smart platforms that collect data linked to our screen activity (e.g., calendar, apps, messaging), evaluate it, and generate recommendations.
Automation
IA can identify and automate a huge portion of regular and time-consuming chores, allowing us to focus on higher-value activities and make them more enjoyable. For example, IA can create a PowerPoint presentation. IA also aids in email management (e.g., sorting and intelligent filtering) and meeting optimization (e.g., transcription, coach, planners). UiPath is an example of automation technology.
Augmentation
Working together with us allows IA to boost the added value of work. IA, for example, enables us to evaluate millions of data points in a fraction of a second, thereby boosting the quality of our decision-making. This technology can also facilitate remote work and team collaboration, as well as uncover retraining opportunities.
Abandonment
Some of the work duties we conduct without realizing them do not conform to best practices and thus become impediments to a healthy professional life. It is critical to limit the number of meetings and the volume of email. Inviting more than seven persons to a business meeting, for example, is not encouraged in order to boost efficiency. Through consistent and individualized help, some of these activities should be minimized or even eliminated (for example, through using a virtual coach).
Anchoring
The key to establishing the future of work is to better connect employees, businesses, and other market stakeholders. In this context, IA can help to strengthen the link between firms and job seekers. It can also promote and increase a company’s employees’ sociability, allowing them to care more about their coworkers. Finally, IA could help to promote a system such as universal income in order to minimize social inequities. Eightfold is an example of such technology.
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