39 ultimately be using them . Up-skilling and retraining , it ’ s an afterthought and they have to become the norm — not the exception . Workers and owners will have to up-skill continuously in order to stand still financially . However , that hasn ’ t yet translated into human resource , capital and mine planning .”
Looking to the future , Wirya concedes that the adoption of digital solutions will cause upheaval , however a culture that encourages innovation and the ability of technology to remove people from high-risk tasks will ultimately empower and enrich roles . “ Highly manual tasks might be automated but we ’ ll support employees to enable better decisionmaking . Instead of fearing and denying the future , we should embrace an amazing opportunity to reimagine work paradigms , expand job roles , and revolutionise how we retrain and up-skill .”
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