The 4
th industrial revolution, where Artificial Intelligence is going to play an important role at work, is going to demand better skills in order to retain jobs. Upskilling is important to keep you employed in the face of technological changes that are rapidly becoming a necessity rather than an invention to make work easier. It will not only keep you relevant but also boost chances of salary hike in times to come. Here are some skills for the future that you might try gaining to have higher chances at the aforementioned benefits.
1. Complex problem solving:The skill to be able to solve crisis that have never been seen before in a way that suits the current environment and the challenges to come is called complex problem solving skill. This skill will come handy in the future as newer challenges due to technological advancements keep showing up. For instance, finding loopholes in systems is one such skill that is highly paid for.
2. Novel and adaptive thinking:Creative ideas and thorough process that is required in a particular situation to ensure that the issue at hand is aptly handled is what makes this skill one of the future skills to focus on. Creativity is the skill that would never go out of trend, given that one is dedicated to updating it with time.
3. Social intelligence:The ability to connect to people in a way that makes the other person feel connected and then generate the desired reaction for efficient interpersonal relation is another skill that shall be given importance. Machines aside, humans will still be the decision makers after all.
4. Cross cultural competency:Being interactive within the realm is one thing but efficient interaction with people of different regions and to be able to operate under different cultural situations is what will be required in the future. Being multilingual would also come handy under this vast varied skill set.
5. Cognitive flexibility:Making the mind work in different directions, weighing all the sides at once and coming up with well researched ideas that are best suited to the situation. It can only be achieved with wide range of knowledge.
6. Emotional intelligence:The bots can take over IQ but EQ will always be for humans. It is intangible and yet makes the person able to touch hearts and minds in ways that machines never can. This skill is what would make humans better than robots at work.
7. Strategic designing:Being able to plan out tasks and the way that a certain team in a particular department should work in order to maximise productivity is one skill to look out for.
There are other skills like people management, computational thinking, new media literacy, etc. that are going to be helpful in retaining jobs in the future but the above mentioned 7 skills would be a must have. Those who consider developing them would definitely see themselves ahead of others even if the world keeps changing!
