«We're really at the beginning of what I would call a second Industrial Revolution,» says Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa's CEO. (fortune.com)
The roots of the modern - day HR can be traced back to the Second Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century when personnel departments were needed to allocate the scores of workers that companies were hiring to shore up assembly lines and fill factory floors. (fortune.com)
We are in the middle of a second industrial revolution — 3D printing is about to transform every aspect of our lives, says Hod Lipson (newscientist.com)