Automation is being seen globally as a threat to jobs. However, organizations must lead the charge against such thinking by ensuring that jobs will not be taken away, instead be re-engineered to suit the new needs. In fact, companies must start investing in corporate training programmes for their employees so that their skills get updated for the automation challenges. Accenture believes that job loss may be capped at only four percent and not the ten percent as feared by many global analysts. Thus the company is advocating positivity about the transformation. The work needs to be redesigned so that automation tools may be integrated within the existing work patterns. However, companies must also develop a pipeline to ensure steady supply of skilled professionals. Their talent management schemes must make sure that existing personnel are trained to take up future leadership positions to leverage automation and not fear it.

Source:http://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell/2017/01/20/why-organizations-should-invest-in-training-in-response-to-automation/#549638ce4bfe