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Digital badges are the newest effort to help employees stave off the robots — and major companies are getting on board

Automation is swiftly transforming the workplace and has been called the greatest threat to human jobs and the economy.

To protect against massive disruption to the workforce, some experts suggest companies get involved.

“Its no longer adequate to study one thing and not learn anything else your entire career,” Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson told Business Insider.

Edmondson calls on companies to embrace ongoing skill-based learning programs for their employees, and some companies, like IBM, are starting to do just that.

“We are really reinforcing a culture of life-long learning and developments,” David Leaser, senior read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com