The first few times I was asked this question, I brushed it off with a brief answer, assuming that it was a passing curiosity by the person asking the question, and that there was no real concern or emotion behind the inquiry. I was wrong in that regard.

This question is on the minds of many people and it is weighing on them as a real concern. In the past year, I have been asked the same or similar questions in presentations and discussions in Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States.

Rather than continuing to brush aside the question, I have started answering it with one of the many studies that have proven, again and again, that AI and related technologies and systems are net job creators in the short and long term. Let’s examine a few of those recent studies.

This article is an excerpt from the book, Building Analytics Teams authored by John K Thompson. In this book, John K. Thompson, with his 30+ years of experience and expertise, illustrates the fundamental concepts of building and managing a high-performance analytics team, including what to do, who to hire, projects to undertake, and what to avoid in the journey of building an analytically sound team.

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