Future-Proof Your Career

Tom answers the trickiest #AskAFuturist question yet: what have you been most wrong about in the past.

Plus, why we need a new blueprint for the future.

Full show notes and references at https://tomcheesewright.com/podcast

What connects Brexit, Coronavirus, Ayn Rand and air pollution? All tell us something about our instincts for self-preservation. Plus, will we ever have flying cars? 

The first step to building the future high street is accepting that the one we know is dead and gone. Plus, casting back to the start of lockdown with Tom's predictions then of how COVID-19 would affect us.

Tom talks to Simon Squibb about his mission to help a million people start their own business, and the need for entrepreneurship in the challenging times ahead.

In his #AskAFuturist series, Tom answer's Franck Nijhof's question: what will be left of privacy in 50 years?

Plus, what is the future of consumer credit?

Tom talks to fellow futurist Trond Undheim about his new book, FutureTech, and his incredibly busy career, as a civil servant, lecturer, start-up wrangler, founder, author, and podcaster. Tom learns about 'project identities' - a characteristic of busy people - and why democracy is an outdated concept.

Check out Trond's own podcast, Futurized for more on this:https://www.futurized.co/

And find out more about Trond here: 

https://trondundheim.com/

Twitter: @trondau

LinkedIn: in/undheim/

Our time-shifted lives have created a new extended adolescence, beyond childhood but before the traditional markers of adult life.

Plus, why we should stop looking for the next big thing.

Tom talks to Chris Bishop, a man on his eighth career who now helps others to future-proof theirs. Tom and Chris chat about how music became data in 1985, why the best advice is to "chase the maelstrom", and why the future doesn't care how you became an expert (courtesy of Thomas W. Malone).

Find out more about Chris at this places:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisbishop 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherbishop123/

Website: https://improvisingcareers.com/ 

And check out his Future Career Toolkit - part of his LinkedIn Learning course called "Future proofing your data science career".

Interested? There's a 90-second overview on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/448958551.

Tom argues that the only way to tackle climate change is by offering people 'net luxury'.

Plus, Tom's talk to the property industry on the future of planning.

We’re reaching a critical point in the COVID crisis. The time has come for leaders to take radical decisions about their future direction.

Plus, what happens when half our money is spent online?