Preface xiii Introduction 1 You Have a Choice to Make 1 Your IRREPLACEABLE Journey 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I The IRREPLACEABLE Imperative 7 Chapter 1 Don''t Believe All You Hear About AI! 9 Adapting to AI''s Influence 9 The Specificities of AI 14 AI in Society and Business 18 The Future with AI: Our Kids and Our Humanity 21 Chapter 2 The Essence of Being IRREPLACEABLE 25 Introducing the IRREPLACEABLE Concept 25 Decoding the IRREPLACEABLE Concept 28 The IRREPLACEABLE Concept for Companies 29 Chapter 3 The Urgency to Become IRREPLACEABLE 33 Projecting into an AI-Dominated Future 33 IRREPLACEABLE versus Replaceable: A Detailed Analysis 35 Our IRREPLACEABLE Humanity 39 The IRREPLACEABLE Framework 45 Part II Building IRREPLACEABLE Skills 51 Chapter 4 Preparing for the AI Takeover 53 How AI Will Take Away Your Job 53 Shift Your Focus from Jobs to Skills 56 Chapter 5 Creating a Symbiosis with AI 59 Breaking Misconceptions About Technical Skills 60 Building a Symbiosis with AI 64 Identifying the Capabilities Complementary to AI 67 How the Humics Boost Each Other 71 Chapter 6 Leveraging the Humics to Build Skills 73 Prioritizing the Development of the Humics Over Skills 73 Future Evolution of Skills 75 Building New Skills by Leveraging Your Humics 75 Chapter 7 Bringing Your Humics to a Whole New Level 87 Become Ultra-Creative 87 Sharpen Your Critical Thinking 92 Deepen Your Social Abilities 95 Part III Becoming IRREPLACEABLE at Work 99 Chapter 8 Augmenting Yourself with AI at Work 101 A Three-Phase Approach to Augment Yourself with AI 101 Phase 1: Build an AI Mindset 102 Phase 2: Maintain AI Literacy 106 Phase 3: Strategically Implement AI 108 Chapter 9 Fostering Resilience and Adaptability in a Rapidly Evolving World 121 The Imperative of Resilience and Adaptability 121 The Art of Building Resilience 123 The Craft of Enhancing Adaptability 127 Chapter 10 The Future of Work Is.No Work? 133 Work Reimagined: Beyond the 9 to 5 133 The Current World of Work Sucks! 135 Envisioning a World Without Work 137 Part IV Raising IRREPLACEABLE Kids and Protecting Yourself 141 Chapter 11 Educating Future-Proof Minds in the Age of AI 143 Raising Children to Thrive with AI 143 Teaching Our Kids How to Relearn 147 Helping Our Kids to Grow with AI 151 Chapter 12 Navigating AI Distractions 155 The Rise of AI-Induced Distractions 155 The Roots of AI Distractions 157 Strategies to Mitigate AI Distractions 159 Chapter 13 Overcoming AI-Generated Addictions 163 The Addiction Matrix: AI, Gaming, and Social Media 163 The Source of AI Addictions 165 Personal Triumphs over Tech Addiction 168 Chapter 14 Managing Your Data Effectively and Using AI Ethically 175 Managing Data the Right Way 175 Guarding Against AI-Driven Misinformation 180 Humanizing AI: Our Collective Responsibility 181 Part V Leading IRREPLACEABLE Companies 187 Chapter 15 Your Business Needs to Be IRREPLACEABLE 189 The Issue with Businesses That Are Not IRREPLACEABLE 189 Defining IRREPLACEABLE Businesses 192 The Road Map to Be an IRREPLACEABLE Business 198 Chapter 16 Making Your Company AI-Ready 203 Augmenting Your Business with AI 203 Fostering Trust with Responsible AI 211 Eliminating Biases 212 Clarifying AI Through Explainability 217 Safeguarding Privacy 220 Protecting Trust with Safe AI 222 Chapter 17 Shifting to a Human-Ready Business 225 Defining a Human-Ready Business 225 Partnering with AI on Critical Thinking, Creativity, and Social Abilities 229 Chapter 18 Making Your Business Change-Ready 237 Cultivating Organizational Resilience 237 The Path to Adaptive Mastery 240 Part VI Implementing an Action Plan 249 Chapter 19 Your Action Plan 251 The First Week 251 The First Month 252 The First Three Months 253 Moving Forward 254 Summary of the Key Actions You''ve Learned in the Book 254 Chapter 20 Final Words 261 Notes 265 Acknowledgments 271 About the Author 273 Index 275.
Irreplaceable : The Art of Standing Out in the Age of Artificial Intelligence