#ExpandCapacity: Skills You need to thrive in the 4th Industrial Revolution

1.       Five years from now, over one-third of skills (35%) that are considered important in today’s workforce will have changed. #ExpandCapacity

2.       By 2020, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have brought us advanced robotics and autonomous transport... #ExpandCapacity

3.       ...artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced materials, biotechnology and genomics. #ExpandCapacity

4.       These developments will transform the way we live, and the way we work. Some jobs will disappear, others will grow...#ExpandCapacity

5.       What is certain is that the future workforce will need to align its skillset to keep pace. #ExpandCapacity

6.       What skills will change most?

  Creativity will become one of the top three skills workers will need. #ExpandCapacity

7.       With the avalanche of new products, new technologies and new ways of working, workers are going to have to become more creative

8.       Robots may help us get to where we want to be faster, but they can’t be as creative as humans (yet).
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9.       Whereas negotiation and flexibility are high on the list of skills for 2015, in 2020 they will begin to drop from the top 10..

10.   ..using masses of data, begin to make our decisions for us.
  A survey done by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council...

11.   ...shows people expect artificial intelligence machines to be part of a company’s board of directors by 2026.. #ExpandCapacity

12.   Similarly, active listening, considered a core skill today, will disappear completely from the top 10. #ExpandCapacity

13.   Emotional intelligence, which doesn’t feature in the top 10 today, will become one of the top skills needed by all. #ExpandCapacity

14.   DISRUPTION IN INDUSTRY
  The nature of the change will depend very much on the industry itself. #ExpandCapacity

15.   Global media and entertainment, for example, has already seen a great deal of change in the past five years. #ExpandCapacity

16.   Those working in sales and manufacturing will need new skills, such as technological literacy. #ExpandCapacity

17.   Mobile internet and cloud technology are already impacting the way we work. Artificial intelligence, 3D printing... #ExpandCapacity

18.   Change won’t wait for us: business leaders, educators and governments all need to be proactive in up-skilling and retraining people

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