This book will examine the history of robotics and explicate what massive automation means for the present and future of labor in all its forms, from mills and factories to the white-collars offices of suburbia and more.While warnings of a robot world-takeover could seem dramatic, the truth is more mundane-robots have come to take our jobs. Winning in the Robotic Workplace: How to Prosper in the Automation Age will teach you the skills needed to reprogram the way you work in anticipation of this technological shift. Author John F. Wasik believes learning to thrive in the automation age can in fact humanize the workplace once again. In Winning in the Robotic Workplace: How to Prosper in the Automation Age, you will learn to emphasize the conceptualization and pursuit of creative ideas, a practice that most robots are unequipped to perform in a meaningful way. You will learn that the successful integration of automated elements with humans is the most effective business model moving forward, and that an eagerness to collaborate demonstrates a will to succeed.

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionONE Tesla and the Teleautomaton: A Brief History of AutomationTWO Automation Acceleration: Why Robots Are Coming for Your JobTHREE The Bad News: Jobs That Will Go the Way of the DodoFOUR Automate This! How Integrated Innovation Wins the DayFIVE The Social Labor Ecosystem: How Worker Collaboration Can Revolt against the RobotsSIX The New Synergistic Creativity: How Multidisciplinary Invention Will Take Center StageSEVEN Essential Mind Skills: What Will You Need to Know and DoEIGHT The New Integration: How Humans Will Interface with RobotsNINE Bot Busters: What to Do to Prepare for the New ConvergenceTEN The Joyous Journey: How to Prosper in the Automation AgeAfterwordAppendix: Exercises for the Automation AgePostscriptNotesEssential ReadingIndex