We are living in exciting times. As science fiction rapidly becomes science fact, emerging technologies are out there solving real-world problems and completely reframing the job market. Instead of having just one career, your working life will probably involve a portfolio of several, and thanks to increased automation, many of those roles will have been freed from the more mundane and repetitive tasks. The doors are open to a whole raft of exciting possibilities, but with the landscape changing at such pace, being adaptable, agile and ready to seize an opportunity, will be key to a promising future.

According to the World Economic Forum, 35% of the skills demanded for jobs across industries will change by 2020. Of course, the employers of tomorrow will be looking for scientists, and machine learning specialists with digital and technical skills, but they’ll also be looking for the creative visionaries who’ll design the next sustainable buildings and the naturally empathetic, with the EQ to care for our longer-living population.

Look at any successful entrepreneur and you’ll see that possession of the right ‘frame of mind’ is often a great place to start. Successful business people often demonstrate, originality, resilience and share similar behavioural traits. Being strong on the ‘people’ skills: communication and intuition helps them to literally ‘win friends and influence people’. Putney’s entrepreneurship programme has been showing students that this ‘entrepreneurial frame of mind’ is a precious commodity, whether you’re joining a FTSE 100 company or taking the initiative in your very first Start-up. The ‘soft’ skills can be just as important as an impressive CV. They are skills that many of us are born with – although they can sometimes benefit from a little fine tuning.