The 10 ways to Future Proof your Career

The Shift: the future of work is already here (links to Amazon.co.uk £11.57)

I am not necessarily recommending this book although I so read Lynda Gratton's blog with interest and agree with most of what she says about career choice.

In the book she talks a great deal about the five forces that will shape work and careers:

• ever greater globalisation of innovation and talent;
• the development of ever more sophisticated connective technologies;
• profound changes in demography and longevity which will see many live until they are 100 and others live in regions where 40% of the population are over 50;
• broad societal forces that will see trust in institutions decrease and families become ever more re-arranged; and finally,
• the impact that carbon use and Co₂ will have on how we think about our own consumption patterns.

Taking this rich cocktail of forces into consideration here are my 10 tips about skills, networks and choices.

1. Don't be fooled into walking into the future blindfolded
2. Learn to be virtual
3. Search for the valuable skills
4. Become a Master
5. Be prepared to strike out on your own
6. Find your posse
7. Build the Big Ideas Crowd
8. Go beyond the family
9. Have the courage to make the hard choices
10. Become a producer rather than a simple consumer

Hazel’s comment:

Nothing really new there but the style might be right for some.

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