What skills will people need to be successful in the future?
Projects / Power
How to get something done. Intention → action → result. Personal or professional.
- How to define a problem
- How to solve problems
- How to set goals and attain them
- How to analyze data / qualitative information and understand what it says
- How to build an inner BS-meter
- How to take many pieces of information and synthesize them into a coherent narrative
- How to make a decision
- How to focus one’s attention & efforts
- How to measure progress
- How to evaluate success
- How to delegate
- Computer fluency, technical fluency
- Ability to know when to apply technology, and in complex situations
Relationships
How to build & manage relationships, whether personal or professional
- Start and building a trusted relationship
- Dealing with / ending a relationship that’s changing / not working
- How to demonstrate respect
- How to demonstrate commitment to your words / to an idea / to a person
- How to approach a difficult conversation
- How to listen
- How to understand people who are different from you — socially, culturally, etc
- Basic social psychology
- How to communicate your ideas effectively given an other party / audience
- How to craft an effective narrative / story and deliver it
- How to be a leader
Self
How to be happy and well
- How to drive your own personal growth, growth mindset
- How to craft a personal narrative
- How to be self-aware, e.g. about emotions
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Mindfulness / letting go / meditation
- Practical ethics