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Unfortunately, the
skills
that are easiest to teach and test are also the easiest to automate or outsource.
Education needs to focus on improving how students think, work, and embrace technology, and on providing the social and emotional
skills
needed to collaborate with others.
Developing
skills
is easier when learning is integrated into the workplace.
Doing so also allows young people to develop hard
skills
on modern equipment and learn soft
skills
– including teamwork, communication, and negotiation – through real-world experience.
Education is increasingly a collective enterprise, and this must be reflected in the
skills
it provides to graduates.
Soft power is the ability to attract others, and the three key soft-power
skills
are emotional intelligence, vision, and communications.
In addition, a successful leader needs the hard-power
skills
of organizational and Machiavellian political capacity.
Equally important is the contextual intelligence that allows a leader to vary the mix of these
skills
in different situations to produce the successful combinations that I call “smart power.”
During his campaign, Obama demonstrated these
skills
in his calm response to crises, his forward-looking vision, and his superb organizational ability.
Obama continued to demonstrate these leadership
skills
in his almost flawless transition.
This makes sense: while older workers have plenty to offer, including critical job
skills
such as communication and problem-solving, owing to their extensive experience, their physical and cognitive capacities tend to decline.
Together with a lack of technical capabilities such as ICT skills, this undermines their ability to adapt to the fast-changing technologies that are the lifeblood of today’s economies.
But if seniors are to occupy high-quality jobs in the new economy, they need access to more effective lifelong learning programs that enable them to upgrade their
skills
continuously in response to technological change.
To that end, governments might consider providing vouchers that workers can use to pay for training that will support progress in multiple jobs, rather than focusing on specific job- or company-related
skills.
Poor-quality basic education prevents students from reaping the benefits of subsequent education and
skills
training.
In an era of artificial intelligence, that must include the non-routine cognitive and interpersonal
skills
– problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication – that many older, more experienced workers already possess.
But it also represents an important opportunity to expand the labor pool and capitalize on older workers’ existing
skills.
What Girls WantWASHINGTON, DC – Last month, as I watched dozens of students at the Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya learn computer skills, I was impressed by their enthusiasm – especially that of the handful of girls in the room.
In the US, a comprehensive review of more than 3,000 studies found that low adult reading
skills
were directly related to higher rates of morbidity and worse health.
The emerging markets developed the institutions and the
skills
base needed to import and adapt technology, which is easier than generating new technology from scratch.
New manufacturing techniques and new products or product improvements are usually embodied in new machines and
skills.
The quality of
skills
and education cannot be measured as easily by a single figure, but there is ample evidence that Latin America has also lagged behind most of Asia when it comes to
skills
accumulation.
Uncontrolled migration from today’s poor and conflict-ridden regions will become overwhelming, regardless of migration policies, if climate change, extreme poverty, and lack of
skills
and education undermine the development potential of Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
At that point, the Thai people, buffeted by domestic polarization and regional challenges, will have to muster their once-famous negotiation
skills
to achieve a workable compromise based on their shared interests.
Unless they can upgrade their knowledge and
skills
– and, in some cases, move to a new industry or location – they face constrained economic opportunities.
Like competitors elsewhere, they need to invest abroad to acquire a portfolio of local assets that give then better access to the markets, skills, technology, and natural resources that they need to protect and strengthen their international competitiveness.
Every commentator today highlights India’s poor infrastructure, excessive regulation, small manufacturing sector, and a workforce that lacks adequate education and
skills.
Foreign employers are appalled by the poor quality of Thailand’s education system, whose graduates have little foreign language proficiency and possess scant analytical
skills.
As it stands, the UK economy is beset with
skills
shortages: more than two-thirds of firms are not confident they can fill vacancies for high-skill jobs over the next 3-5 years.
The long-term solution is better education and
skills
training throughout the UK.
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