Infographic source: Top10OnlineColleges.org
Report source: Future Work Skills 2020
The 6 Drivers of Change
- Extreme Longevity: People are living longer.
- The rise of smart machines and systems: Tech can augment and extend our own capabilities. Workplace automation is killing repetitive jobs.
- Computational world: Increases in sensors and processing makes the world a programmable system. Data will give us the ability to see things on a scale that has never been possible.
- New media ecology: New communication tools require media literacy beyond text. Visual communication media is becoming a new vernacular.
- Superstructed organisations: Social technologies drive new forms of production and value creation. Social tools are allowing organisations to work at extreme scales.
- Globally connected world: Diversity and adaptability is at the centre of operations. The United States and Europe no longer hold a monopoly on job creation, innovation, and political power.
Future Work Skills of 2020
- Sense making
● Ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed.
■ The Drivers: Rise of smart machines and systems. - Social intelligence
● Ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions.
■ The Drivers: Rise of smart machines and systems, Globally connected world. - Novel and adaptive thinking
● Proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based.
■ The Drivers: Rise of smart machines and systems, Globally connected world. - Cross cultural competency
● Ability to operate in different cultural settings.
■ The Drivers: Superstructed organisations, Globally connected world. - Computational thinking
● Ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data based reasoning.
■ The Drivers: New media ecology, Computational world. - New Media Literacy
● Ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication.
■ The Drivers: Extreme longevity, New media ecology, Superstructed organisations. - Transdisciplinary
● Literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines
■ The Drivers: Extreme longevity, Computational world. - Design Mindset
● Ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes.
■ The Drivers: Superstructed organisations, Computational world. - Cognitive load management
● Ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximise cognitive functions.
■ The Drivers: Superstructed organisations, Computational world, New media ecology. - Virtual collaboration
● Ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team.
■ The Drivers: Superstructed organisations, Globally connected world.
References
Davies, A., Fidler, D. and Gorbis, M. (2011) Future Work Skills 2020. Institute for the Future for University of Phoenix