The 4 Types of Future Companies as a Result of Automation and AI
Covid-19 has forced business leaders to accept that automation will arrive earlier than expected. It is therefore timely, albeit in less-than-positive circumstances, to look at which type of companies will, and will not, thrive in the future.
Many articles about Artificial Intelligence (AI) have sensationalized the effect of automation as the grim reaper of jobs. However, it will not be jobs that will be automated, but rather tasks within those jobs — in fact any tasks that can be put into a process.
The success of companies in the future will depend upon their willingness to find those tasks that can be automated. Therefore, companies will soon be defined by their level of automation combined with self-management, and will fall into one of four categories:
Resistant organizations
A dying breed will be those companies that are resisting change and still prefer a command and control hierarchy. Particularly prevalent within larger organizations that have not split into smaller workgroups of less than 200 people, work within these ‘resistant’ types of organizations will be bureaucratic and levels of employee satisfaction will be low. Without change, these organizations will eventually fail, as good employees will find a more engaging environment…
