Unlocking the full potential of AI in the workplace |
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| How can the EU raise its game on artificial intelligence (AI)? How can AI make workplaces more productive and engaging? These were key questions discussed at our workshop on AI at Work and Algorithmic Management on 28 January. The event featured insights from Roxana Minzatu, European Commission Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness and Mikael Vetterskog, CEO of Fårbo Mekaniska. |
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| Minzatu highlighted that algorithms in the workplace can boost efficiency but also raise risks, be subject to bias, lack transparency, or undermine workers’ trust. Therefore, “we must ensure AI is ethical and human-centric, especially when AI is used to manage people”, she said. Our Director General, Markus J. Beyrer, spoke about the transformative potential of AI: “AI can boost competitiveness, productivity, innovation, scientific progress, the green transition, and improvements in working conditions”. He emphasised that these benefits are especially critical as Europe faces structural labour and skills shortages caused by an ageing population, and stressed the need for investment and legal certainty to unlock AI’s full potential. |
| “We need better public-private partnerships, a better ecosystem to support innovation and entrepreneurship, and training and education to ensure we have the right skills,” he stated. Mikael Vetterskog, CEO of Fårbo Mekaniska, shared his company’s experience with AI, showcasing how implementing it in areas such as production processes, administration, and certification led to increased productivity and greater job satisfaction for workers at his company. The workshop continued with a World Café, where other industry experts shared best-practices of successful AI implementation in their respective companies. |
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How to reinvigorate EU competitiveness: Exchanges with EVP Séjourné and Commissioner Roswall |
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| | | On 28 January our President Fredrik Persson and Director General Markus J. Beyrer met with European Commission Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné to discuss the most pressing challenges European companies face. They stressed that the Clean Industrial Deal and the Omnibus proposal must deliver tangible improvements - reducing regulatory burdens, closing the energy cost gap, accelerating permitting procedures, facilitating investments, and fostering innovation. Yesterday, President Persson also met with Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy, to exchange views. He emphasised that reducing the regulatory burden, without calling the green transition into question, improving market conditions for secondary raw materials and a competitive water resilience strategy will be key ingredients for success. |
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"BusinessEurope, the pan-European employers’ association, called for urgency in delivering 'meaningful changes for companies in their daily operations'." BusinessEurope press release quoted in The Guardian today following the publication of the EU Competitiveness Compass by the European Commission. |
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BusinessEurope's input on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) simplification
27 January
Read our position paper. |
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