In Chapter 8 of Surfing the Tsunami, Kelsey provides some thoughts on what to do next which has a hefty dose of common sense with some nudges on how to stay current:
- Program alerts of various topics to keep abreast of what's happening around you/us (adapt)
- Explore platforms--playing around with the tech won't make it so intimidating (adopt)
- Read like someone will take all books away from you (Fahrenheit 451)--tech is constantly changing so don't fall behind/keep up
- Take a course and/or earn a certificate to get necessary skills and let others know (companies, LinkedIn network, friends)
- Never stop the educational journey
- Keep options open, career-wise
Overall, I feel like the content is comes across to me as having an alarmist tonality that I viscerally react to, but I get what the message is: be prepared for a paradigm shift in commerce and employability. The title of the book gives this away since a tsunami (the natural disaster) has some warning signs if one knows what they are: the ground begins to shake, the ocean starts to have a loud roar and/or the water starts receding unusually far, exposing the sea floor, before the wall of water, sometimes reaching a maximum vertical height onshore (run-up height) up to 100 feet above sea level.
The topic is so very foreign to me that I get overwhelmed just thinking about it! As the sole breadwinner of the family, I don't have the luxury of pivoting without a safety net, so perhaps Kelsey is correct in suggesting one dips their toe in the water (pun not intended) and dabble with it enough to get some fundamental knowledge and familiarity with the subject matter so that a pivot could be possible. Most definitely I am still in the adapt phase and I want to get to adopt--just not so sure how quickly. I'll close with this most appropriate of quotes: "Time and tide wait for no man." ~Geoffrey Chaucer
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