Future Work Skills of 2020:

• Sensemaking - Ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed
• Social intelligence - Ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions
• Novel and adaptive thinking - Proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based
• Cross-cultural competency - Ability to operate in different cultural settings
• Computational thinking - Ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning
• New Media Literacy - Ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication
• Transdisciplinary - Literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines
• Design Mindset - Ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes
• Cognitive load management - Ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functions
• Virtual collaboration - Ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team

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