Future Fit

Outline

Future Fit (2019) prepares readers for a working world transformed by technology and automation. Andrea Clarke identifies eight essential human skills, including curiosity, adaptability, emotional intelligence, and communication, that will help people stay relevant and competitive. The book offers practical advice for building a personal brand and developing these skills throughout a career.

• Technology and automation are transforming the working world, so careers need preparing for that change rather than waiting for it.
• Andrea Clarke identifies eight essential human skills that help people stay relevant and competitive at work.
• Curiosity, creativity, adaptability and digital literacy are among the skills the book encourages you to build.
• Emotional intelligence and communication are on the list, showing that people skills matter alongside technical ones.
• The book gives practical advice on building a personal brand and developing these skills across an entire career.

Andrea Clarke is an Australian author, speaker, and career strategist, and a former television news reporter for Reuters and Al Jazeera English. She founded CareerSprints, which helps organisations develop future-ready skills. Future Fit won the Australian Business Book of the Year award.