We talk a lot about the “future of work.”
Automation.
AI.
Remote.
Flexible.
But underneath all of that is a harder question:
What happens when the way we’ve always justified our value—our jobs—changes or disappears?
A post–work world isn’t one where no one works.
It’s one where “what do you do?” stops being the only way we define each other.
Where contribution isn’t measured solely in billable hours, outputs, or titles.
If that world is coming (and I think it is), the most important skills won’t be:
- How well you follow orders.
- How fast you fill out reports.
They’ll be:
- How you solve problems.
- How you care for people.
- How you show up in your community.
The question isn’t “will there be work?”
It’s “what kind of humans are we becoming while the work changes?”
