Inclusion in the Age of Automation

Joe Speicher shares how Autodesk is working to create greater resilience and greater equity in tomorrow’s workforce by building learning tools into its products

Automation and machine learning will have significant impacts on the labor market in the years and decades to come, changing how we work and what we work on. These transformations have the potential to exacerbate long-standing inequities in our communities, but they also have the potential to mitigate them. One key to a resilient workforce that can adapt to change is continued learning. Joe Speicher shares how Autodesk is working to support its customers, employees, and communities by partnering with organizations around the globe that are helping create greater equity. Further, Autodesk is building learning tools and systems into its products, so that anyone can improve their skills while they work.

About the speaker

Joe Speicher is the executive director of the Autodesk Foundation. Prior to joining Autodesk, he was on the founding team of Living Goods, where he spent six years leading operations for the global health organization. He began his career in the banking and finance sector, working with Deutsche Bank and Cambridge Associates. He then spent three years in the Peace Corps in the Philippines and has worked as a consultant for the Economist Intelligence Unit, the World Bank, and Google.org. He earned a master’s degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University.

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