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The art of being aware of
what’s going on around you.
Pick the statement that best describes you.
- A Automation, artificial intelligence, and other technological innovations are interesting, but they won’t have any impact on my career, clients, and profession. I don’t pay any attention to them.
- B Machine automation will impact some of our profession’s rote, repetitive tasks, but it won’t impact most of the work that accounting and finance professionals do. I find these trends interesting but not terribly worrisome.
- C Automation will impact many, if not most, jobs in our profession, and accounting and finance professionals will need to learn new skills to remain relevant and valuable. I read about many of these new trends to stay informed.
- D Automation will completely transform our profession, and our ability to remain relevant will depend on our ability to transform our ourselves.

Certainty
Is it possible to predict the future?
Pick the statement that best describes you.
- A I don’t believe in certainties.
- B Some things are likely to happen, but most of life is a guessing game.
- C A few things seem certain to happen, but I believe we can influence the outcome.
- D Many things will happen whether we want them to our not, and our future success depends on our ability to base our strategies on these certainties.

Capacity
The ability to create time to do the important work of becoming future-ready.
Pick the statement that best describes you.
- A I’m too busy to take on any new projects.
- B I can probably squeeze in an hour here or there for new work, but it won’t be easy.
- C I definitely need to spend more time on becoming future-ready, and I’ll try to make some time each week to do so.
- D Becoming future-ready is the most important job we have. Since we make time for the things that are really important to us, I will stop doing some things in order to spend more time on the future.

Competencies
Learning new skills in order to
remain relevant and valuable.
Pick the statement that best describes you.
- A I learned everything I need to know for my career in college.
- B I’d like to learn something new, but I don’t have the time.
- C I’ll attend an extra conference or professional development program this year to learn some new skills.
- D In an age of automation and transformation, the most important skill I’ll need is the ability to learn new skills. I need to transform my career by constantly looking for ways to improve myself.

Core purpose and values
Our never-changing foundation.
Pick the statement that best describes you.
- A I hate touchy-feely stuff like this.
- B A core purpose is a nice reminder of why we do what we do, but I don’t pay much attention to it.
- C A good core purpose and a solid set of values are important for keeping us on the right path.
- D Strong core purposes and values are not only the engines that drive our companies, but can also be huge differentiators in organizational performance and talent recruitment / retention.

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