Into the unknown

One of the challenges of revolutions is that we're not sure we've been in one until it's over.

• Those of us in our forties will be physically capable of working to 90.

• The nature of the job is changing. The job horizon is the end of the project you're on.

• The competition for your next project is increasingly likely to be a form of automation as another person.

• Knowledge is ubiquitous. What you know is a commodity.

• Big organisations are cumbersome. Elephants may be able to dance, but only like those eliminated early on in Strictly.

Welcome to 2017

• You're future wellbeing is a factor not of qualifications or experience.

• Understanding who you are, your purpose, and how you might serve that is the new MBA.

• Your organisation cannot protect you. Even if it wanted to. It's more vulnerable than you are.

• Your opportunities are immense.

Think of it like your fitness training regime. Once you know how to use the machines, once your Fitbit is telling you what your metrics are, you're into routine maintenanc…