E About Desmond Dickerson
Desmond Dickerson serves as a research analyst for the Center for the Future of Work, where he establishes thought leadership through published works and multimedia content creation. His expertise covers technological advancements in the retail and transportations industries. He investigates the cultural, societal, and political ramifications caused by the confluence of technologies impacting the Future of Work.
Prior to joining Cognizant, Desmond worked in marketing where he helped clients modernize their communication strategies through digital transformation. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing from Georgia State University and earned his Master of Business Administration from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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My cousin is a truck driver. And at 35, he’s among the younger crowd within the industry. Squarely in the contingent of...
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Autonomous trucking could usher in a new age of fast, inexpensive and convenient transportation, with impacts reverberating far...
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With the look of a scene out of Mad Max, The Darpa Grand Challenge of 2004 kickstarted the autonomous vehicle revolution. This...
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At the end of 2017 the Center for the Future of Work published a landmark report titled 21 Jobs of the Future. This report laid...
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Either the robots are coming to send us all to the unemployment line of a mechanized dystopian future, or their benevolent introduction...
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Artificial Intelligence is the great story of our time, growing in importance as we increasingly shift decision-making from human...
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Uber passengers hail rides with no human drivers in Pittsburgh. Budweiser bottles are shipped from the brewery in Fort Carson...
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On May 25, 2018 the European Union will begin enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation. It is a forward-thinking collection...
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“Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.” - Jules Verne Marvel’s blockbuster film, Black Panther,...
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If you’re reading this, there’s a 1 in 8 chance that you will be unemployed in the next decade. This will not be...
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With the ubiquity of technology in our lives, it seems preposterous that a person of any age would ask “What’s a...
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This year I join Cognizant's think tank, The Center for the Future of Work, as a research analyst. I'll spend half the year...
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