The Workplace of the Future av Jon-Arild (Nord University Oslo Norway) Johannessen

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<P>The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, <I>The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies</I>, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. </P><br/><br/><P>The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the ''working poor'' ¿ people who have several jobs, but still can¿t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future, there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat, the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework