Automation looks into the hellmouth of qualification

Götz-Andreas Kemmner

A simple graphic has been haunting my thoughts for weeks: A D superimposed on a C; both drawn with a loose hand on a flipchart. What looks so harmless has explosive significance.

The graphic is intended to illustrate how the need for qualifications in companies will change drastically as a result of increasing automation.

The graphic is intended to illustrate how the need for qualifications in companies will change drastically as a result of increasing automation.

My colleague, Prof. Sames, drew this curve a few weeks ago at a working group meeting. It is easy to understand what he was trying to say: Today, the qualification structure in a typical production company looks like a D.


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Picture of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kemmner

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kemmner