the future: skills for success

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