Work Function: Human Resources
Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB) implementing artificial intelligence surveillance system to monitor construction workers’ safety
Samsung and six other partners developing blockchain-based mobile e-certification and ID authentication platform
Amazon announced plans to retrain one-third of its workforce by 2025 for more technical jobs and new career opportunities
Swiss bank UBS using algorithmic trading in foreign exchange business to help clients find better deals when prices are volatile
HR Leaders’ Expectation of When AI and Automation Will Be Sufficiently Advanced to Impact Workforce Planning in Their Organizations
Seven in ten companies surveyed by Harvey Nash believe AI and automation will be sufficiently advanced to impact HR planning by 2025, with one in four already expecting it to be advanced enough in 2018
Non-Employee Resources In Global Companies by 2020
At least 35% of companies in Harvey Nash survey expect to increase non-employee resources by 2020, while more are anticipating to stay the same
Extent of Global Companies’ Formal Strategy or Policy in Promoting Diversity
More than four in five organizations in Harvey Nash study have some level of strategy in promoting diversity in 2018, while those with none in place continue to decrease from 2015 baseline
Top Benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Product enhancement, operations improvement, and better decision making top benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2018, according to U.S. executives surveyed by Deloitte
Companies That Receive Moderate to Significant Value From Deploying AI in Selected Business Functions
Majority of companies globally that deployed AI across various business functions received moderate to significant value in 2018, with manufacturing and risk benefiting the most, according to McKinsey study