Workforce of the future: The competing forces shaping 2030 Working together as a society – our recommendations Managing the impact of the trends shaping our Four Worlds of Work won’t be easy. It requires collaboration and engagement from governments, organisations and society at large. Together we should: Be deliberate in the way we allow technology Look for innovative ways to address to develop unemployment caused by technology Governments, organisations and society should work All governments will need to address the issue of together to develop a responsible approach and policies unemployment driven by technology. This could include that govern the impact of technology and automation testing social safety nets such as universal basic income on jobs – including a clear discussion on the ethics of AI. and identifying new sources of income for citizens. Governments should engage with organisations developing Underdeveloped countries that will increasingly struggle to the use of robotics and AI at all stages of policy making, to catch up with the rest of the world will need to go further create a pool of thought leaders with a deep understanding and consider radical new approaches. In the long run, they of the interplay between technology and its effect will need to create their own internal markets as their on society7 primary sources of revenue. . 7 www.pwc.co.uk/responsibletech 32