The ability to think from different perspectives, think through things a few steps forward, make arguments and counter-arguments, and reason with evidence.
The ability to use communication to connect with people is a critical element of people management, service orientation, coordinating with others and negotiations.
As the problems we tackle become more and more complex, individual creativity is not enough. In comes collaborative creativity – the ability to inspire creativity within a group of highly skilled people.
So what does this mean for careers? We would venture so far as to say that the courses one considers within any curriculum should include law, philosophy, design, communication, journalism, literature, psychology, art, music and other humanities. These can be followed up independently as majors themselves, or within the more conventional hard skill-oriented programs like engineering, medicine and business administration as minors.
In a professional life-span of 40-50 years, you shall not have one job. The most fundamental skills would be the skills to reinvent yourself with the changing times. Only those, who embrace change and acquire skills with an eye on future shall thrive in the 21st century.
