However, when I hear automation I translate that to eliminating the mundane activities that humans do not want to do which frees them to use their skills and do what they want to do. When people hear “automation” it usually gets translated to eliminating jobs and therefore people. Throughout Autodesk University I listened to various presentations and had discussions with various people in different industries regarding what the future may hold so I thought I would write about some of my thoughts, observations and predictions. This is something that we all know very well and many of us are in the midst of a business transformation which I have discussed in previous blog posts:

To thrive in the future, we need to embrace the fact that change is coming and not fear something which may not happen. For Autodesk University 2017 the theme was “Automation is Here.” There is no doubt that the future will look different than it does today in every single industry and in our personal lives. As with all conferences there is a theme that is supposed to thread all the things you see and hear into a simple and memorable message. Last week I attended Autodesk University at the city that does not sleep, Las Vegas.

Autodesk design review 2017