Technology is rapidly changing the world so it is widely accepted that in ten years there will be jobs which haven’t been invented yet. Serious businesses, if they wish to keep up with the tech development, should spend quite some time thinking about the future. Still, there is a great deal of uncertainty about the future, so experts claim that businesses should make use of different strategies in order to make this constant change bearable. Cloud9 Insight is a company that provides apprenticeship in order to keep up with the world’s tech change. Carlene Jackson, the CEO of Cloud9 claims that businessmen ought to spend more than 20% of their time at work thinking about the future. This is called future proofing and, according to carlene Jackson, hiring the right staff makes all the difference in the company. The future employer should focus on creating specific work environments, that is productive cultures that include flexibility, life-long learning, and collaboration. It can be quite helpful if the staff think about their future and create a so-called “future CV.” This exercise encourages people to think about mastering new skills, personal development. The staff should also be required to create a list of short-term goals, as well as a list of long-term goals, along with a plan involving specific steps that they need to undertake in order to achieve the highest goal.
