Reskill Before You Have To

Refuel

This pump still works. Somewhere, on a quiet road, there are stations just like it doing exactly what they were built to do. But as electric vehicles reshape the road ahead, the direction of travel is clear and has been for some time. The question is not whether pumps will become redundant. It is when.

Most professionals find themselves in this position at some point in their careers: competent, experienced, still delivering, but aware that the ground beneath their particular expertise is slowly eroding. The skills that brought them to this point may not be the ones that take them forward.

There is a comfort in still being needed today, and that comfort can quietly erode the urgency to prepare for tomorrow.

The leaders and professionals who navigate this type of transition well are the ones who read what is coming early enough to refuel while their tank still has something in it. They choose to evolve rather than wait to be forced to. Some wait too long and find the tank is already empty.

When did you last consider whether your current skills are as relevant to where your industry is heading as they are to where you stand today?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

David R. Smith