PROFILE
Ravin Jesuthasan is a recognized global thought leader, futurist and bestselling author on the future of work, AI and workforce transformation. He works with some of the largest, most sophisticated organizations in the world on the transformation of work and the workforce. Ravin has led numerous research projects for the World Economic Forum including its ground-breaking studies; Shaping the Future Implications of Digital Media for Society, Creating a Shared Vision for Talent in the 4th Industrial Revolution, HR 4.0: Shaping People Strategies in the 4th Industrial Revolution and Human Capital as an Asset: An Accounting Framework for to Reset the Value of Talent in the New World of Work. He is a regular participant and presenter at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos and is a member of the forum’s Steering Committee on Work and Employment and its Future Skills Alliance.
Ravin has been a featured speaker on the aforementioned topics at major conferences around the world. He is a regular keynote speaker at global events like the Milken Institute Global Conference, Horassis Global conference, MIT’s Emtech Next conference, The QSP Summit in Porto, Gartner’s Reimagine, HR Tech in Las Vegas, the World AI Summit, C2 in Montreal, Beyond HR in Amsterdam and the Peryon People Management Summit in Istanbul among others.
He has also been featured and quoted extensively by leading business media including CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNBC, Fortune, FT, The Nikkei (Japan), Les Echoes (France), De Telegraaf (Netherlands), Valor Economico (Brazil), Business Times (Malaysia), Globe and Mail (Canada), South China Morning Post, Dubai One TV and The Australian among others. Ravin was also an advisor to and featured prominently on PBS’s widely acclaimed documentary series The Future of Work. Ravin is a frequent guest lecturer at universities around the world including Caltech, Oxford University, Northwestern University, New York University and the University of Southern California.
Ravin is a member of the faculty at Caltech.
Ravin was named one of the leading management thinkers by Thinkers 50. He has also been recognized as one of the top 25 most influential consultants in the world by Consulting Magazine, one of the top 8 future of work influencers by Tech News and one of the top 100 HR influencers by HR Executive. He is the author of 6 books including the Wall Street Journal and Amazon number one bestseller; Work Without Jobs: How to Reboot Your Organization’s Work Operating System (MIT Press, 2022), which was also named business book of the year in 2023. His upcoming books are The Skills-Powered Organization: The Journey to the Next Generation Enterprise (MIT Press, 2024). Ravin has authored over 250 articles including 15 for the Harvard Business Review and the Sloan Management Review. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes Magazine.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Learning - Powering The Journey Of Perpetual Reinvention
New ways of working, digitalization, emerging automation options and new ways of organizing work are shrinking the half-life of many, particularly technical, skills while increasing the premium on many “soft†skills like critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and collaboration. Countless professions that used to guarantee a good income based on earning the relevant technical degree and incrementally upskilling over a 30 year career are being disrupted exponentially such that the shelf life of such degrees is increasingly less than 10 years.
REINVENTING JOBS : A 4-STEP APPROACH FOR APPLYING AUTOMATION
Gain a practical understanding of what the future of work will really look like, and how it will impact organizations as they seek growth and success in an era of change and digital transformation. More importantly, this keynote session will help you understand how leaders can guide this change within their own organizations and will provide you with a framework that will help leaders responsibly apply automation to achieve a sustainable combination of humans and machines.
THE FUTURE OF WORK
The fourth industrial revolution has arrived, heralding a transformative change in work with widespread consequences for companies and individuals. Is your organization prepared?
As technology continues its inexorable advance, will we see the continued empowerment and enablement of the individual? Will we see the decline of the organization as the primary means for organizing work?
It is time to separate fact from fiction and embark on a journey to understand the why, what and how behind the future of work.
SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
Curiosity and the drive to learn are going to be the most critical skills as the HR profession is on the edge of entering a demanding Fourth Industrial Revolution. As the traditional role of a Chief Human Resource Officer undergoes a transformation and turns into a Chief People Officer, with the convergence of technology, machines and humans, workplaces will soon hire Chief People and Machine Officers and Chiefs of Work. Increasingly this profession needs to shift from being a steward of employment to being a steward of work.
CREATING A SHARED VISION FOR TALENT IN THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
In the midst of the fourth industrial revolution, which is characterised by swift and unexpected change across economies and labour markets, a new shared vision for talent is needed to ensure current and future social mobility.
