There's a lot of material in the market these days on the technology revolution. Disruptive technology is very much the management focus du jour. The impact it has on the economy, industry and established industrialised companies has been well documented. And it makes sense to seek insights into how companies facing it might be able to respond. What's less clear is how the heck an individual with a skill set that is about to expire might cope with the impending changes. If companies, industries and economies are worried about what might come next, and their potential displacement, then the people who make up these organisations have reason for their own concerns. I hope that this book will become a timeless future-proofing manifesto for your own economic survival. The techniques and ideas in here mash up economic ideas that have survived millennia with a new set of technological tools with which to implement them. To make this work, I've split the book into three discrete sections that give context, structure and strategy under the headings Revolution, Revenue and Reinvention.

Part I, ‘Revolution', outlines how we got here, why most of us believe what we do and act the way we do, and why as a result so many of us struggle financially and in our careers. This background helps makes sense of how we have been shaped to think in certain ways, even when this runs counter to our own interests. It describes the obsolete mindset we need to escape from and sets out a new philosophy to help us reframe our thinking and to reinvent ourselves. It points towards the aha moment when we can finally say, screw the system, I can change — and now I know what's possible. I believe the links between the traditional institutions of the school and industrial economic model are really important and can't be overstated. Understanding why systems and thinking developed in the way they did very often reveals the fork in the road we need. It's cathartic, lifting a weight off our shoulders and encouraging us to take a new direction without confusion or fear. It's an essential precondition for cutting new ground.

The revolution we are living through is redesigning how money moves around and what is valued in our world. You'll learn about the exponential growth of the technologies behind the changes, but also that, surprisingly, the power skills of the emerging era are not purely technological, but human and creative too; they are skills anyone can learn if they make the effort. This revolution is for everyone who chooses to participate. I hope you'll be inspired to unlearn some of the upside-down thinking you were taught at school and relearn that you were born an entrepreneur brimming with creativity. The first chapters will expose the myth that we are all headed for economic hardship. Some surely are, but it is really a choice they make; you need not do so. Economic hardship today is a result of personal stagnation, because we have never known such opportunity, and it is at the same time so affordable (free is a pretty compelling price point). This revolution we've all been gifted to participate in is made possible by a level of prosperity unmatched in human history, a time of great abundance for those who recognise the shift and decide to take advantage of it. You'll soon know that this revolution was actually designed with you in mind, but it requires you to be active and shape it for yourself.