Mika Tienhaara's See Beyond Show

S1E13 The future is cool - a discussion on the future of industry. Guest Asif Moghal, Autodesk.


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I had a highly interesting talk with Asif Moghal from Autodesk UK. Asif’s role in business development is to screen the markets, understand the upcoming trends and enable new developments together with a lot of various companies. He is also seriously into mountaineering and trekking. No mountain seems to be too high or steep to climb - from Aconcagua and a planned/postponed trip to Himalaya.

What is happening in the industry in terms of digitization, the Industry 4.0 as a broad and general aspect for industry, is now a more grounds-up approach for digital transformation of companies. And actually the COVID-19 pandemic is an accelerator for this to happen.

Sustainability and digitization - do they belong together?

The world is changing rapidly, we are in the midst of a variety of transformations; digital, transportation and mobility - we are seeing the electrification speeding up and it also affects the industrial value chains drastically and energy sources with more renewables.

The future is cool!

The future of work with the evolution of job descriptions are definitely changing. You need to have multi-skills and soft-skills. And a great quote from Asif: “Engineers will definitely save the world”.

At the same time, work interaction is a hot topic in terms of flexibility, home/remote office and hybrid models. Still we need human interaction, and how does this affect both motivation and productivity. Flexibility will be key for most people.

And climate change carries weight in the actual microchip shortage - listen to learn more. Sustainability is also here a key factor. We need to take care of our planet.

Yet again, this is another example how we need to couple capabilities and in an agile way connect demand and supply. Collaboration is just getting even more important to make an impact.

Wrapping up talking about mountaineering, we came to talk about mental health and Asif mentioned a great charity - Mind over Mountains.

A great thanks to Asif and Autodesk for sharing all these valuable insights.



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