How to Prepare for a Work Future You Can’t Even See

In the words of psychiatrist R. D. Laing, we live in a moment of history where change is so fast-paced that we “begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.”

Change is not just faster. It’s also exploding in quantity and magnitude. Experts say we can expect more change in our lifetimes than has occurred since the beginning of civilization more than ten millennia ago.

Trying to keep up with change can feel like getting trapped on a runaway treadmill. Managing it can be even hard...