Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI

“AI could be how we flip the script on the last few hundred years and have technology serving us rather than us serving technology,” assert LinkedIn executives Roslansky and Raman in this cogent debut guide to the future of work. Drawing on insights from LinkedIn’s billion-plus members, they detail the concerns, limitations, and possibilities of AI in the workforce. The authors share stories from workers like Jonetta Gresham, a nurse turned project manager who once described herself as a “hell no to AI person.” While pursuing an IT certification, however, she realized AI was an ally that could translate information she needed to learn into words and analogies she understood. Workers like Gresham succeed, the authors explain, by honing unique human capabilities—what they call the 5Cs: curiosity, courage, creativity, compassion, and communication—and delegating routine tasks to AI. They advise readers to place tasks into three buckets: those AI can do alone (generating reports), those that can be done in partnership with AI (having AI draft content that one can then edit), and uniquely human tasks (calming down a nervous client). They conclude with a 30-60-90–day plan for adopting AI, which includes exercises for improving tech proficiency, as well as strengthening interpersonal skills like relationship-building. Offering practical tips for AI implementation while also emphasizing the vital skills people bring to their careers, this is a nuanced perspective on a hot-button topic. AI skeptics and enthusiasts alike will find much of interest. (Mar.)