Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us

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Learn how to secure a place at the professional table for Black, Latinx, and other marginalized groups

In Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us, celebrated Founder and CEO of The Plug, Sherrell Dorsey, delivers a personal and eye-opening exploration of how to ensure that marginalized communities aren't left behind as technology continues its inexorable march forward. In the book, readers will learn to think about how we can strategically shape the coming decade to include Black and Brown communities.

Upper Hand offers guidelines, insights, and frameworks for navigating the new world of work that is dominated by Silicon Valley-rooted technologies, inaccessible networks, and constant automation that continues to slash jobs in the Black and Latinx population. You'll find ways to:

  • Help families and community leaders design clear pathways to understanding alternatives to obsolescence
  • Thrive in an ever-changing, tech-driven economy that is beginning to leave people of color behind
  • Embrace new strategies that guarantee a place for Black and brown people in the new economy

The startling and insightful discussion in Upper Hand will earn it a place in the libraries of families, teachers, community advocates, workforce development leaders, professionals of color, as well as anyone interested in learning how to distribute the benefits of the new tech economy to those historically left out.

Author(s): Sherrell Dorsey
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 288
City: Hoboken

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Soul of a City
Living Legacy
Redlined to Regulation
Who Gets to Participate in the Future?
A Forgotten Workforce
Chapter 2 Rainier Beach to Redmond: Internship Required
14 Going on CEO
Monica on Seward Park
Where Does Genius Come From?
Marking Your Own Internship Pathway
Action Items
Chapter 3 Playing the Game Around Us
The True Cost of College
Death to the Debt
A New Kind of Education Future
Credentialing While Black or Brown
Workforce Development
Action Items
Chapter 4 Don’t Let the Robots Scare You
Automation and the Impact on Communities of Color
Removing Coded Bias by Becoming Builders
Working with the Robots
A Remote Future
Where to Get Skilled Up
Chapter 5 Money Talks
Starting at Home
The State of Affairs
Kicking Things into Gear
Technology Access Game Plan
Accessible Wealth Building
Action Items
Chapter 6 Brand or Bust?
The Pattern Matching Challenge
The Story You’re Looking to Tell
Social Capital or Bust?
Action Items
Chapter 7 Owning the Moment
A New Class of Entrepreneurs
Powering the Ecosystem for Inclusion
Access to Capital
Areas of Opportunity
Side Hustle Is King
Getting in the Game
Becoming an Entrepreneur
Action Items
Chapter 8 Learning the Language of Innovation
Undividing the World
What’s in a Story?
Developing Your Own Content Stack
Biographies, Profiles, and More
Networking to Learn
Black and LatinX Tech-Focused Conferences
Action Items: Building Your Content Stack
Chapter 9 Narrowing the Digital Divide
Is Mobile Enough?
What Matters Most in Closing the Divide?
Accessibility
What’s Being Done to Bridge the Divide?
Improvements to Access to Digital Literacy Skills
Protecting Consumer Privacy
Action Items
Chapter 10 The Jobs Driving the Future of Work
Recruiting Is Changing
A Remote Future
Finding a Place in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Need-to-Know Technology Definitions That Will Define the Future
The Top Tech Jobs Driving the Future
Action Items
About the Author
Bibliography
Index
EULA