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Cover of The Menial and the Meaningful by Jonathan Davis: an illustrated scene with an elegant serif title and the tagline Free the hands. Lift the mind. Do the work that matters.
By Jonathan Davis Published by ScaledLearning Available now

The Menial and the Meaningful

How agentic AI gives people back the work that matters

Let AI agents handle the routine work so people can focus on judgment, creativity and connection, with a practical guide to deciding which is which.

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What you'll learn

  • Map which work is menial and which is meaningful
  • Hand routine work to agents safely
  • Redesign roles around judgment, creativity and connection

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 The menial tax
  2. Chapter 2 Mapping menial and meaningful work
  3. Chapter 3 What agents do well
  4. Chapter 4 Redesigning roles around meaning
  5. Chapter 5 Keeping people in charge
  6. Chapter 6 The meaningful organization

By Jonathan Davis · Published by ScaledLearning

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