FLEX OR FAIL: THE FUTURE OF JOBS AND PAY

Event description

Technology will replace jobs, but technology will not necessarily create new jobs. In response, society is redefining the concept of a “job”. Today, a job is a productive activity which, potentially, provides self-fulfilment. In the future, most jobs will not be productive, in the “bullshit job” sense, but give individual satisfaction. The main question for societies is, therefore, how do we sustain people’s living conditions.

About Prof. Dr. Arturo Bris

Arturo Bris is Professor of Finance at IMD. Since 2014, he also leads the world-renowned IMD World Competitiveness Center.

At IMD he directed the Advanced Strategic Management program from 2009-2014. He has also led programs for senior executives in several industries and continents. Before joining IMD, Prof Dr Bris was the Robert B & Candice J. Haas Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at the Yale School of Management (USA). As a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a member of the Yale International Institute for Corporate Governance, he has worked extensively on issues of Corporate Governance, Financial Regulation, and International Valuation.

His research and consulting activities focus on the international aspects of financial regulation, and in particular on the effects of bankruptcy, short sales, insider trading, and merger laws. Arturo Bris has also researched and lectured on the impact of the Euro on the corporate sector, as well as on the valuation impact of organisational governance changes.

Arturo is passionate about global competitiveness, financial development and macroeconomics. His latest research identifies the relationship between income inequality, social mobility and competitiveness. He is also developing a competitiveness-based investment portfolio that tracks the best and worst economies. The Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Legal Studies, and the Journal of Business and others have publised Arturo’s work. His latest book, Blockchange, provides insights on how to survive the crypto-economy.

IMD is ranked TOP 3 in executive education worldwide for eight years in a row (Financial Times 2012-2019) and FIRST in open programs worldwide for eight years in a row (Financial Times 2012-2019)

Joint Event

SwissCham Australia is jointly organising this event.

Sponsors

The Swiss Consulate General of Sydney and UBS Australia are sponsoring this lunch.