Why Soft Skills Might Be the Only Thing Robots Can’t Replace—Are You Ready?
What are these Three Soft Skills?
- Critical Thinking
- Communication
- Collaboration Abilities
These are the three skills. Just knowing what they are is a start.
Developing them is not easy, but it can be done.
- Critical Thinking – You won’t be able to compete with the raw data access and processing capabilities of a computer. But, you can apply a layer that surrounds that vast amount of data and processing power. This is where your critical thinking skills come into play.
- Communication – Again, you can’t match the sheer “communications” capabilities of an automated system. But, your ability to infer and realize (or expand) avenues of communication is something that computers haven’t met yet mastered.
- Collaboration Abilities – What happens if you put a bunch of computers in a room? Well, the semi obvious answer is nothing! What happens if you put a bunch of humans in a room? Well, the semi obvious answer could be nothing. But, people that focus on improving the ability for humans to communicate with other humans can make a significant difference. When combined with the massive amounts of data from computers and automated systems … it creates something that is uniquely human.
Augmented Critical Thinking, Communication and Collaboration is a wave of the future
