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The Human Cloud - How Today's Changemakers Use Artificial Intelligence and the Freelance Economy to Transform Work

English · Hardback

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With the technical world of work changing rapidly, don't leave anything to chance. In The Human Cloud, two workforce productivity and technology experts lay out a clear picture of the coming revolution in how work is done and how jobs are shaped, empowering you with practical advice to take charge of your future.

About the author

Matthew Mottola builds the technology that brings the human cloud to market. He cofounded and is the CEO of Venture L – the operating system where today’s top freelancers run their business. At Microsoft, he built the Microsoft 365 freelance toolkit, bringing Microsoft from nascent to an industry leader. As a product leader, serial entrepreneur, and keynote speaker, his work has been broadly adopted by individuals, startups, SMB’s, and Fortune 100’s.
Matthew Coatney has 25 years of experience bringing AI and automation technologies to market in a variety of industries and for some of the largest global organizations. He has held a number of executive, product, and technology roles during his career and currently serves as CTO for a large consultancy and managed services provider. He is a frequent speaker and author on AI and the future of automation, including a TEDx Talk. 

Summary

Empower yourself with the knowledge to keep up with the rapidly changing technical world of work, as two workforce productivity and technology experts lay out a clear picture of the?coming?revolution?in how work is done and how jobs are shaped.
If you listen to the news, robots are coming for your job. Full-time employment will soon be a thing of the past as organizations opt more to hire employees on a contract basis.?With technological advances across email, video, project management, and instant messaging platforms, being tied to a desk working full time for one company is becoming obsolete. So, where does that leave you?
The Human Cloud may be the most important book you read to prepare for how work is done in the future. In these pages, human cloud technologist Matthew Mottola and AI expert Matthew Coatney help you not only clearly understand the transition you see happening around you, but they will also help you take advantage of it.
In The Human Cloud, Mottola and Coatney inform you about topics including:

  • How employees and employers will be able to take advantage of the new automated and freelance-based workplace.
  • How they will be able to take advantage of the new technology disruptions the machine cloud will create.
  • Why the changes employees and employers are seeing aren’t the projection of doom that many are predicting.
  • How to navigate the coming job marketplace.
By replacing fear with knowledge, you will better understand how this shift in employment is a good thing, be equipped to embrace the positive?advantages new technology brings, and further secure how your own job is shaped so you are never left behind.

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'Packed with useful tips and information, The Human Cloud will not only help you to explore and understand how the entire employment landscape is changing, but also how to best prepare, position, and market yourself for the future.'.
--Russ Crowley, Microsoft Word Consultant, www.russcrowley.com

Product details

Authors Matthew Douglas Coatney, Matthew Mottola
Publisher Harper Collins (US)
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 26.01.2021
 
EAN 9781400219735
ISBN 978-1-4002-1973-5
No. of pages 208
Dimensions 161 mm x 237 mm x 25 mm
Weight 358 g
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management, COMPUTERS / Distributed Systems / Cloud Computing

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