Summary: Kevin Kelly shares his views on technology driven innovations and the impact that these rapidly advancing technologies are having on job growth and employment numbers. Kevin acknowledges that computers will continue to automate many jobs, though he states that technology is also facilitating new jobs at an even faster rate. He predicts that jobs will continue to evolve rapidly in five to ten years, and that the most lucrative positions have not even been invented yet. You will also learn what he means by the ldquo;hacker mentalityrdquo; and how this negative connotation can be seen as a type of exploration of design solving. Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor from its inception until 1999. He has just finished a book for Viking/Penguin called What Technology Wants, published October 18, 2010. He is also editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets half a million unique visitors per month. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers' Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. He authored the best-selling New Rules for the New Economy and the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, Out of Control. For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars: *Making Sense of Web 2.0: Leveraging Social Media in Your Organization *Strategic Agility and Resilience: Embracing Change to Drive Growth *Communicating with a Multigenerational Workforce To learn more, read these AMACOM Books: *Transforming Performance Measurement, by Dean R. Spitzer, Ph.D. *Future Savvy, by Adam Gordon *Going Lean, by Stephen A. Ruffa
