Future Work Skills 2020 Another reason to re-think learning

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interconnected skills

6 Drivers 10 Skills

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extreme longevity Increasing global lifespans change the nature of careers and learning

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Workplace automation nudges human workers out of rote, repetitive tasks

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New communication tools require new media literacies beyond text

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Massive increases in sensors and processing power make the world a programmable system

structured organisations

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Social technologies drive new forms of production and value creation

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Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity and adaptability at the centre of organisational operations

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extreme longevity

rise of smart machines

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Super-structured organisations

globally connected world

1. sense making

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Ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance

2. social intelligence

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Ability to connect to others in deep and direct way, and sense reactions and direct interactions

3. novel and adaptive thinking

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Proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond the rote and rule-based

4. cross cultural communications

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Ability to operate in different cultural settings

5. Computational Thinking

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Ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts to understand data-based reasoning

6. New Media Literacy

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Ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms and leverage existing for persuasive communication

7. Transdisciplinary

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Understand concepts across multiple disciplines

8. Design Mindset

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Ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes

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Ability to discriminate and filter information for importance and to maximise cognitive functioning using a variety of tools

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10. virtual collaboration Ability to work productively, drive engagement and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team

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implications for schools

Future Work Skills 2020 Another reason to re-think learning

University of Phoenix, Arizona