The Human Cloud: How Today's Changemakers Use Artificial Intelligence and the Freelance Economy to Transform Work

by Matthew Mottola, Matthew Douglas Coatney

Empower yourself with the knowledge to keep up with the rapidly changing technical world of work, as two workforce productivity and technology experts lay out a clear picture of the?coming?revolution?in how work is done and how jobs are shaped. If you listen to the news, robots are coming for your job. Full-time employment will soon be a thing of the past as organizations opt more to hire employees on a contract basis.?With technological advances across email, video, project management, and instant messaging platforms, being tied to a desk working full time for one company is becoming obsolete. So, where does that leave you? The Human Cloud may be the most important book you read to prepare for how work is done in the future. In these pages, human cloud technologist Matthew Mottola and AI expert Matthew Coatney help you not only clearly understand the transition you see happening around you, but they will also help you take advantage of it. In The Human Cloud , Mottola and Coatney inform you about topics including: By replacing fear with knowledge, you will better understand how this shift in employment is a good thing, be equipped to embrace the positive?advantages new technology brings, and further secure how your own job is shaped so you are never left behind.

Genres: Business

208 pages, Hardcover

Published January 26, 2021

Reviews

[Anto Raimo · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this book came out in 2010, I would give it 5/5. But being released in 2022, this book is a collection of obvious facts about the fluid job market we live in and how technology is pervasive in our professional lives.
There’s nothing innovative about the concepts discussed in the book, let alone groundbreaking. Any reader who has even a remote grasp on current events, how internet works or the job market would find this book redundant.
The smug narrating voice doesn’t help in bringing the reader onboard.

[Psyckers · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book introduces the concept of Freelancing using the supposed 'Human Cloud', harnessing artificial intelligence technologies to essentially be your own business model.
Though true, that this way of working can be transformitive, it is hardly a new concept as outlined in the book. In fact many people have been working like this 10 years before this book was published.
Still there are aspects within this book that can be helpful for you if you wish to pursue such a work/ lifestyle, so may be a useful book to read for those aspiring people to follow in the footsteps.

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Hossam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nice and easy read. Totally recommend👌🏻

[Rick Niedzwiecki · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you feel stuck in your career, are tired of working in a dead end job, fear that recent economic events may mean the end of your employment, or simply want to know how you can leverage the internet to bolster your vocation, this book will help. For me, it covered components of networking and resourcefulness that I had been a bit blind (ignorant) to, and has refreshed me.

Problems bring opportunities, if we keep our eyes open to them. Asking “what problem am I trying to solve” is key. With our contacts and the internet, the answers are there, if we are willing to seek them. “The Matts” just made that a whole lot easier.