Metaskills: Five Talents for the Robotic Age

Metaskills: Five Talents for the Robotic Age

In a sweeping vision for the future of work, Neumeier shows that the massive problems of the 21st century are largely the consequence of a paradigm shiftâ€”a shuddering gear-change from the familiar Industrial Age to the unfamiliar â€œRobotic Age,â€ an era of increasing man-machine collaboration. Â This change is creating the â€œRobot Curve,â€ an accelerating waterfall of obsolescence and opportunity that is currently reshuffling the fortunes of workers, companies, and national economies. It demonstrates how the cost and value of a unit of work go down as it moves from creative to skilled to rote, and, finally, to robotic. While the Robot Curve is dangerous to those with brittle or limited skills, it offers unlimited potential to those withÂ metaskillsâ€”master skills that enable other skills. Â Neumeier believes that the metaskills we need in a post-industrial economy areÂ feelingÂ (intuition and empathy),Â seeingÂ (systems thinking),Â dreamingÂ (applied imagination),Â makingÂ (design), andÂ learningÂ (autodidactics). These are not the skills we were taught in school. Yet theyâ€™re the skills weâ€™ll need to harness the curve. Â In explaining each of the metaskills, he offers encouragement and concrete advice for mastering their intricacies. At the end of the book he lays out seven changes that education can make to foster these important talents. Â This is a rich, exciting book for forward-thinking educators, entrepreneurs, designers, artists, scientists, and future leaders in every field. It comes illustrated with clear diagrams and a 16-page color photo essay. Those who enjoy this book may be interested in its slimmer companion,Â The 46 Rules of Genius, also by Marty Neumeier. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Things youâ€™ll learn inÂ Metaskills: Â - How to stay ahead of the â€œrobot curveâ€ - How to account for â€œlatencyâ€ in your predictions - The 9 most common traps of systems behavior - How to distinguish among 4 types of originality - The 3 key steps in generating innovative solutions - 6 ways to think like Steve Jobs - How to recognize the 3 essential qualities of beauty - 24 aesthetic tools you can apply to any kind of work - 10 strategies to trigger breakthrough ideas - Why every team needs an X-shaped person - How to overcome the 5 forces arrayed against simplicity - 6 tests for measuring the freshness of a conceptÂ Â - How to deploy the 5 principles of â€œuncludingâ€ - The 10 tests for measuring great work - How to sell an innovative concept to an organization - 12 principles for constructing a theory of learning - How to choose a personal mission for the real world - The 4 levels of professional achievement - 7 steps for revolutionizing education From the back cover "Help! A robot ate my job!" If you haven't heard this complaint yet, you will. Today's widespread unemployment is not a jobs crisis. It's aÂ talentÂ crisis. Technology is taking every job that doesn't need a high degree of creativity, humanity, or leadership. The solution? Stay on top of the Robot Curve--aÂ constant waterfall of obsolescence and opportunity fed by competition and innovation. Neumeier presents five metaskills--feeling, seeing, dreaming, making, and learning--that will accelerate your success in the Robotic Age.

Country	USA
Author	Marty Neumeier
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780133359329
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	New Riders
Manufacturer	New Riders
NumberOfPages	320
PublicationDate	2012-12-20
Publisher	New Riders
ReleaseDate	2012-12-20
Studio	New Riders

Metaskills: Five Talents for the Robotic Age

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