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Discover the book’s themes: careers don’t follow straight paths, skills create real opportunity, human skills matter, and access grows opportunity.

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Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI is the indispensable guide to how you can take control of your career in the age of AI with clarity and confidence. Let’s dive into what the book will cover.

Chapter snapshots

Part 1

The Wake Up Call

Engage with AI, let go of what no longer needs you, and lean into the human skills that matter most.

1

Buckle Up

AI isn’t here to replace you: it’s here to amplify whoever chooses to engage with it.

 

2

Let It Go

By automating the repetitive and mechanical, we can reclaim the parts of work that call on our insight, creativity, and judgment.

3

The Humans Are Coming

When we focus on our human skills — curiosity, courage, creativity, compassion, and communication — AI becomes a catalyst, not a threat.

4

The Lost Einsteins

AI will allow us to discover more Lost Einsteins: would-be innovators who don’t get opportunities because of where they’re born or the resources they lack.

Part 2

What’s Changing

Redefine how work gets done, how careers grow, and how organizations evolve in an age of AI.

5

Jobs are Tasks, Not Titles

Learn how to use the Three Bucket Framework to help see what AI can take on, what AI can support, and what only humans can do.

6

Careers are Climbing Walls, Not Ladders

Progress comes from leaning into unique strengths, building the skills that energize you, and growing impact through the networks that support you.

7

Companies are Work Charts, Not Org Charts

The companies that thrive will be the ones that prioritize skills over roles, adaptability over hierarchy, and coaching-based leadership that helps people grow.

8

Economies Need Innovation By All, For All

With purpose, we can build systems that expand opportunity, elevate human potential, and ensure that the benefits of AI are shared widely.

Part 3

The Path Forward

Clarify what makes you uniquely you, translate it into action, and choose your own path forward.

9

Nobody Beats You at Being You

Your true differentiation comes from “onlyness” — the combination of your story, your perspective, and the experiences only you’ve had.

10

Open to Work

The moment you choose to participate — curiously, courageously, and on your own terms — you turn possibility into direction.

A note from Ryan Roslansky

“This book was born from a simple but urgent question: How do we help every member of the global workforce not just survive but succeed in the age of AI? The answer, we believe, is not to predict the future, but to adapt to it — and ultimately shape it.”

Ryan Roslansky 
LinkedIn CEO and EVP of Microsoft Office & Copilot

Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI, by Ryan Rolansky and Aneesh Raman

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