With most Canadians this weekend, we enjoyed a dinner to celebrate gratitude. And, true to form, I spent at least part of the long weekend reading. I happened upon the October 4-10 edition of The Economist, and the special report on "Technology and the World Economy", and read it voraciously.http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21621156-first-two-industrial-revolutions-inflicted-plenty-pain-ultimately-benefited And then, driving this morning into my office, I heard part of the interview on CBC's show 'Q' with Nicholas Carr about his book "The Glass Cage" http://www.nicholascarr.com/?page_id=18 which is a warning of sorts about automation and us as people and as participants in the economy. Here's a challenging video called Humans Need Not Apply that raises some of the same questions I heard Mr. Carr asking, http://youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU

We are in the midst of a dramatic transition. A transition, according to the Economist that is as dramatic and life changing for all of us as the Industrial Revolution was for our ancestors. Automation will be changing our jobs. All of our jobs. Medical practitioners, lawyers, accountants, scientists, truck drivers, wake up! Algorithms can do your job, or at least so much of your job that there will not be much for you to do, in the current ways we do them.

Seriously. You and I need to know that no job will be unchanged in the next 10 years.

So what as do we need to be doing? Who as leaders do we need to be in the midst of this revolution?

We need to keep learning. Read, challenge, critique and engage yourself and your people. Increase your budgets for learning, not just for training. Watch TED talks, learn from your kids. Keep Learning.

We need to get collaborative. Our biology does in fact default to collaboration and not, as our contemporary western myths often suggest, towards the individual. What is important to us is more important in the future than what is important to me. What are new ways of working together? New ways of managing and governing that focus on health for all, not just the few.

We need to be willing to break open the sacred ideas and models we've been holding onto. We as leaders all too often believe that we need to know everything. That is a myth. No one does, no one will. Assume that you are ignorant, not stupid, ignorant. Assume that you can learn, assume that how you earn your living now, will not be the same in 10 years. Avoid expertism. And know that you'll be ok.

This will be a most exciting 10 years, and there will be pain and discomfort, but deep down, we are a resilient and adaptable species. And you are an amazing, creative creature. And so are the people around you.

I for one, am excited about this revolution. I hope you are too.