The new world order, brought on by the fourth Industrial Revolution, demands that today’s children acquire skills that will serve them well in the future.
The world we live in will change so fundamentally that students who come out of school by 2030 will make careers in fields that we have no idea about in the present.
As all of these trends happen, the winners will be those who are able to participate fully in innovation-driven ecosystems by providing new ideas, business models, products, and services, rather than those who can offer only low-skilled labor or ordinary capital, points out Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, in his seminal work, the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
This view is supported by other experts.
According to David Deming, associate professor of education and economics at Harvard University, Soft Skills like sharing and negotiating will be crucial. Modern workplace, where people move different roles and projects, closely resembles pre- school classrooms where we learn social skills such as empathy and cooperation. =
In effect, the skills and traits that must be inculcated in our children include : Social Intelligence
This set of skill include empathy or the awareness of self and others perspective collaboration, negotiations and conflicts resolution, persuasive communication that can change minds and hearts.
A sense of service mindedness, trustworthiness and transparency.
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