Is there consulting in your future?

So what will we do?

One thought out there is that, with sufficiently advanced AI, we will become mostly consultants. People already need a lot of consulting - we have personal trainers, teachers, financial advisors, all sorts of designers, caretakers. There should be big demand for sharing what you know and what you like to do.

We are already seeing people being paid for their craftsmanship, their originality and their ideas (instead just for their time). In the experience industry, "handmade" and "personal" are becoming qualities again. New ways how to properly pay and value such work are surfacing.

In the future, we will likely spend more time with other people, helping and teaching each other in ways algorithms can't.

Are you getting ready for this new world?

You probably are, perhaps without realizing it. You're likely talking more to other departments. Perhaps there are plans to sell what your department is doing to the market. You are learning new skills, which include ever more non-technical parts.

So perhaps as next steps, share what you know. Take those digital accelerator courses, learn about GCP, volunteer and help yourself (and others) into the future. Look to G Suite as your sparring room for getting comfortable with change.

Easier said than done and all of this doesn't help the truck drivers - but I have a feeling we may be underestimating all of our capacity to ride along.