Author Talk: Christopher Bishop Presents "Improvising Careers: Succeed at Jobs that Don't Exist Yet"

Please join us for a powerful talk by long-time Wilton resident Christopher Bishop about his recently published Improvising Careers, a hands-on guide to help readers prepare for the workplace of the future. Perfect for high school and college students, parents, and workers looking to enhance or change careers, the book provides the tools that helped Bishop to successfully navigate eight different careers over his working life.

Nanopharmacist? Lunar tour guide? Robotic ethics consultant? Augmented reality content designer? Quantum algorithm programmer? While these jobs may not sound familiar now, they will in due time. The world of work is undergoing a transformation.

To help readers identify the tremendous opportunities that lie ahead in the workplace of the future, Improvising Careers provides tools to capitalize on emerging technological innovations. People can prepare for the kinds of work they might be doing as they move into the middle of the twenty-first century by leveraging the insights and socio-historical perspective in Bishop’s pragmatic guidebook.

The three main components of his Future Career Toolkit - VOICE, ANTENNA, and MESH - enable readers to better plan and execute their own nonlinear, multimodal career path and provide a systematized, scalable, repeatable framework for navigating multiple careers, both today and in the future.

"Chris Bishop deconstructs the myth of the linear career path and rebuilds it for our dynamic age." -Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret and Drive.

This program is co-sponsored by the Wilton Economic Development Commission (EDC) and Wilton Youth Council .

Elm Street Books will be on site to sell copies of Improvising Careers, which Chris will sign. Wilton Library receives a portion of the proceeds.

Registration is requested. Register online, or call (203) 762-6334.