Dr. Patricia Scanlon:

At the very least we need data. I am not a policymaker. What I envision would be helpful is that people could see what tasks are being replaced and when, if there is an opportunity to retrain, so it is coupled with the skills, and where to put the resources so we can have the best knowledge. Right now, nowhere in the world has real-time knowledge. A lot of the economic forecasts are based on data from a year ago. The people assessing technology are talking about the models from six months or a year ago. Coding is a really good example. If you were to ask someone in coding six months ago what they thought of it versus nine months ago or a year ago, they would say it has changed. The real-time observatory will give the people who make policy decisions and decide on resourcing when it comes to reskilling, jobs and forecasting the future the opportunity to be in a better position globally to be able to act quickly.