Don’t Worry About the Robots: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work

241 Pages·2018·3.925 MB·English

by  Jo Crib, David Glover

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HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE
IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK
Dr Jo Cribb &
David Glover
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First published in 2018
Copyright © Jo Cribb and David Glover, 2018
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval
system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.
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ISBN 978 1 760633 50 9
Design by Kate Barraclough
Set in Tiempos Text 10.5/17pt
Cover images by Josef Kubes (front) and Mauro Rodrigues (back), Shutterstock.com
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To our life partners, Mike and Yvonne,
for their loving support and patience, and
our children, who are the future of work.
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I am a great believer in luck. The harder
I work, the more of it I seem to have.
—COLEMAN COX
He mahi te ataa noho, e kii ana te wheke
It is the octopus who says sitting is working.
—MĀORI PROVERB
Man who stands on a hill with mouth open will
wait a long time for roast duck to drop in.
—CONFUCIUS
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CONTENTS
Foreword by Dame Wendy Pye DNZM, MBE 13
Introduction 17
Taking charge of the future 18
Introducing David 20
Introducing Jo 21
How to use this book 22
Twelve smart people who know how to survive and thrive 25
Chapter 1: Work, but not as we know it 29
The Fourth Industrial Revolution 30
It’s not all bad news 32
Workers of the future 33
Chapter 2: Four key technology-driven trends 39
Automation and artificial intelligence 40
The gig economy 47
The reinvention of learning 52
Shifts in policy 57
Disrupt yourself 60
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