Future Proof Yourself

The last couple weeks I have been seeing a few stories about tech leaders, most notably Bill Gates and Elon Musk, talking about how robots are going to take the jobs of most Americans.  This is probably going to happen and those Americans are going to have to learn new skills to survive and thrive in a new economy.

How do you future proof yourself as a project manager in the new economy?  That is a good question.  I always find that it is important for human beings to be in a continual state of reinvention. This reinvention may include learning new skills or rearranging those skills into a new configuration. It could mean bringing those skills into a new industry or into a new endeavor.  I find that as a project manager, I have many skills and have many more skills to learn.

Additionally, there is an area in which project manager skills absolutely have a place and that area is in the creative field and innovation.  Humans are made for creative endeavors and creating new things, this is the kind of stuff that project managers already do.

Anyways, here is an interesting podcast by Mike Dillard's "Self Made Man" about the rise of robots...sounds scary, but with the right skills and learning mindset project managers will survive,

 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/self-made-man/id982006298?mt=2&i=1000382378517

So I suggest you find a new skill to learn today and start to future proof yourself.  If robots don't take your job, somebody else with skills will.