Metaskills

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 shift—a shuddering gear-change from the familiar Industrial Age to the unfamiliar “Robotic Age,” an era of increasing man-machine collaboration. This change is creating the “Robot Curve,” 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 with metaskills—master skills that enable other skills. Neumeier believes that the metaskills we need in a post-industrial economy are feeling (intuition and empathy), seeing (systems thinking), dreaming (applied imagination), making (design), and learning (autodidactics). These are not the skills we were taught in school. Yet they’re the skills we’ll need to harness the curve. 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. 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, The 46 Rules of Genius, also by Marty Neumeier. Things you’ll learn in Metaskills: - How to stay ahead of the “robot curve” - How to account for “latency” 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 concept - How to deploy the 5 principles of “uncluding” - 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 a talent 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--a 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.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The battle between entropy and extropy is a life-and-death struggle. Individual lives end, but important life lessons are passed down through DNA. If evolution continues on its path towards increasing order, complexity, and beauty, entropy will slowly recede into the shadows. #2 The transhumanists believe that humankind’s purpose is to accelerate evolution beyond its current biological limitations. They see modern-day humans as midwives in this process. The life forms that will take it from here will be human-machine combos and human-made biological beings. #3 The Law of Accelerating Returns is the speed-up in the rate of evolution, with technical evolution picking up the slack for much slower biological evolution. The human brain is evolving on its own, and by studying mutations in our DNA, researchers have concluded that our genes are evolving considerably faster than they were in preagricultural times. #4 We have so many huge, hairy problems today, but we shouldn’t forget that the tools and skills we’ve developed for the last era are inadequate to address the challenges of the next era.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The battle between entropy and extropy is a lifeanddeath struggle. Individual lives end, but important life lessons are passed down through DNA. If evolution continues on its path towards increasing order, complexity, and beauty, entropy will slowly recede into the shadows. #2 The transhumanists believe that humankind’s purpose is to accelerate evolution beyond its current biological limitations. They see modernday humans as midwives in this process. The life forms that will take it from here will be humanmachine combos and humanmade biological beings. #3 The Law of Accelerating Returns is the speedup in the rate of evolution, with technical evolution picking up the slack for much slower biological evolution. The human brain is evolving on its own, and by studying mutations in our DNA, researchers have concluded that our genes are evolving considerably faster than they were in preagricultural times. #4 We have so many huge, hairy problems today, but we shouldn’t forget that the tools and skills we’ve developed for the last era are inadequate to address the challenges of the next era.

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The seemingly intractable problems we face today, says Marty Neumeier, are symptoms of a more basic problem-our inability to deal with interconnected, non-linear, amorphous challenges. It's not that our problems are too difficult, but that our skills are too basic. Success in the post-industrial era asks that we move our thinking from the static, the linear, and the step-by-step to the dynamic, the holistic, and the simultaneous. In this breathtaking vision of professional mastery, Neumeier presents five metaskills-feeling, seeing, dreaming, making, and learning-to help you reach your true potential in the workplace of the future.

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