Open to Work: A Book on Thriving in the AI Age

The biggest challenge people face with AI? Not the technology itself: it's fear and paralysis at the exact moment people need to act. Today, we're announcing Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI, an upcoming book by Ryan Roslansky, LinkedIn CEO and EVP of Microsoft Office & Copilot, and Aneesh Raman, LinkedIn Chief Economic Opportunity Officer. Open to Work will show you how to take control of your career as AI transforms every job.

A Clear Guide for a Fast-Changing World

Work is changing for everyone, everywhere. Standing still isn't an option. While some people are experimenting and adapting with AI, most are feeling anxious and uncertain: navigating rapid change with outdated playbooks that assume the tasks you do are static, the skills you learned last decades, and success means climbing a predictable ladder. That's the old world of work, and it's on the way out.

Open to Work offers a new path forward. LinkedIn and Microsoft sit at the intersection of people and how work is done. We share a belief that the future of work will be driven by human creativity and ingenuity, not technology alone. Backed by insights from LinkedIn's global network, Microsoft customers, and the Microsoft Work Trend Index, it delivers a clear-eyed view of what's actually changing, what skills you really need, and how to stay ahead as AI reshapes work. And no one sees what's coming with more clarity than LinkedIn - the largest professional network the world has ever assembled. With more than 1.3 billion members across more than two hundred countries and territories, LinkedIn's leaders can see the signals that matter most: skills emerging and evolving, people pivoting and adapting, companies hiring and restructuring, entire industries transforming.

Open to Work puts all that insight into action: showing you how to engage with AI before you have to, how to adapt by focusing on what you can control, and how to become irreplaceable by leaning into what makes you uniquely you.

What You'll Learn

The book provides guidance and practical advice on:

• Assessing which parts of your job to delegate to AI, and which to keep for yourself
• Building the core human capabilities that will carry you through any technological shift
• Reimagining the org chart around AI, and the culture shift your company needs to transform
• Growing our economies and communities in ways that support more innovation for all, by all
• Taking action, including with a 30-60-90 day plan

Why LinkedIn's Leaders Wrote Open to Work

"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," said Ryan Roslansky, LinkedIn CEO and EVP of Microsoft Office & Copilot and co-author of Open to Work. Learn more from Ryan's post here.

"Our vision at LinkedIn is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. No matter where you live or what you do, no matter what kind of job title you hold or what kind of career trajectory you're on, this book is for you, about you, and how nothing, not even AI, can beat you at being you," said Aneesh Raman, Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn and co-author of Open to Work. Learn more from Aneesh's post here.

How to Pre-Order Open to Work

Open To Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI will be released simultaneously in physical, eBook and audio formats in the English language worldwide by HarperCollins on March 31, 2026.

Pre-orders are available now at linkedin.com/opentowork with international translations to follow.

Both a roadmap and a rallying cry, Open to Work delivers an urgent truth: change is coming. The only question is whether you harness it or let it overtake you.