The review
Human + Machine : Frames AI value around collaborative intelligence and redesigned work, not simple substitution.
The missing middle shows how humans help machines and machines augment human capabilities across industries.
Daugherty and Wilson keep the Work4.0 conversation on collaborative intelligence and redesigned roles. It counters substitution narratives with a practical map of where human and machine strengths should be recomposed.
Why it matters through the 6xD lens
Its primary contribution aligns with D5 · Work4.0. It also connects to D2 · Digital Cognitive Organization, D6 · Digital Accelerators. Its ideas are most valuable when translated into enterprise choices rather than treated as isolated inspiration.
Executive application
- Challenge assumptions in current AI and transformation portfolios.
- Translate the argument into operating-model, architecture, governance and work-design implications.
- Pair the book with internal evidence and the wider 6xD knowledge system.
Who should read it
Recommended for CEOs, boards, CIOs, CDOs, transformation leaders, architects, policy makers and practitioners working on Work Redesign, Automation, Skills.