Spine: CMYK: 234mm x 153mm 19.7mm D ‘When you talk to employers they O N want people who can communicate ' . . . people with skills like curiosity, T W resilience or teamwork.’ O BRIAN STEELE R R Y Don’t Worry About the Robots is a practical guide to A managing the high-speed change ahead for workers. B Learn how to disrupt yourself in a positive way, using O key principles that will give you the best chance to survive U and, even better, to thrive in the new world of work. T T In this timely book, Dr Jo Cribb and David Glover, former H CEOs who have launched successful portfolio careers, E share insights from their own experiences plus those of an R O impressive range of successful business leaders who are all B actively thinking about the future of work. O Aimed at anyone who needs to change careers or whose T S job leaves them unchallenged and unfulfilled, as well as those starting work for the first time, this book will provide D HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE r the inspiration, support and practical tools needed to J o change your working life. IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK C r i b ‘Don’t be afraid of the future. b If you have a dream, try it out. & ‘This book will disrupt Make sure it is practical and D everything you think you a works financially for you.’ v know about work. Read it.’ i DAME WENDY PYE d Dr Michelle Dickinson G aka Nanogirl l o v Cover design: Kate Barraclough e r Dr Jo Cribb & David Glover www.allenandunwin.co.nz DWATR_COVER.indd 1 19/04/18 3:27 PM DWATR_TEXT.indd 1 19/04/18 5:45 PM DWATR_TEXT.indd 2 19/04/18 5:45 PM HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK Dr Jo Cribb & David Glover DWATR_TEXT.indd 3 19/04/18 5:45 PM 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. Allen & Unwin Level 3, 228 Queen Street Auckland 1010, New Zealand Phone: (64 9) 377 3800 Email: [email protected] Web: www.allenandunwin.co.nz 83 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065, Australia Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100 A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of New Zealand. 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 Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper in this book is FSC® certified. FSC® promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable C009448 management of the world’s forests. DWATR_TEXT.indd 4 19/04/18 5:45 PM To our life partners, Mike and Yvonne, for their loving support and patience, and our children, who are the future of work. DWATR_TEXT.indd 5 19/04/18 5:45 PM DWATR_TEXT.indd 6 19/04/18 5:45 PM 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 DWATR_TEXT.indd 7 19/04/18 5:45 PM DWATR_TEXT.indd 8 19/04/18 5:45 PM 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 DWATR_TEXT.indd 9 19/04/18 5:45 PM