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How can you future proof yourself, your organisation and your kids?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this ground-breaking book Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory have interviewed hundreds of successful business people, educators, futurists, economists and historians to uncover the key skills that will always be critical to success in business and in life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere most futurists increase your sense of panic and anxiety with dystopian images of the not-too-distant future characterised by Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking our jobs, algorithms hacking our most private moments and Austrian-accented cyborgs raising our children, Kieran and Dan remind us that we need to look beyond the things changing around us and focus on the things that won’t change within us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentify the skills you have that will always be relevant\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGain insight from business leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, sport leaders and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn why each skill matters, and how to make it stronger\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover the things that \u003ci\u003ewon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003et\u003c\/i\u003e change as we inch toward the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese 12 FOREVER SKILLS are designed to set you up for whatever the future may throw at you plus help you get more success in your work and life, today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Where might we find certainty in a world of change? xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 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