Is ‘Neoskilling’ a new success mantra?

The awaited Industry 4.0 is the emerging era of Digital Transformation and the accompanying Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. One must be capable of being creative, practice improvising and have empathy, to avoid being replaced by robots or AI systems. The rise of new technologies is an opportunity to catapult from the proven ways and leap towards the developed skills.

Achieving business objectives through empowerment and skill development of employees in modern and emerging competencies are referred to as ‘Neoskilling’. Neoskilling is holistic, includes soft skills, cultural aspects and inhibits higher-order thinking in individuals and groups. It challenges the ecosystem in which the organization operates. It is beyond the skill set that is taught in a classroom. It requires the upbeat acquisition of technology-agnostic vital capabilities, demanding for an enriched ‘Workplace of the Future’ that is ever-evolving and vigorous. Following are some of the reasons why Neoskilling is rising as a new success mantra for professionals.

The five ‘A’ structure of Neoskilling | New Success Mantra

Awareness-Access-Affordability-Appetite-Ambition are the five structures of Neoskilling. It begins by focusing on the basic awareness of the skillset requirement and subsequently, with Access to training programs, internal or external partners. Once the access is established, Affordability will be required for support and aliment and eventually an Appetite to study and Ambition to excel in the new skills acquired.?

According to the organizations, the biggest challenge they face is during the initial phase of awareness. To overcome this challenge having the content and rolling out training programs alone will not be sufficient; employees need to be introduced to incentive programs in order to adopt new skills. Training should be followed by roles corresponding to the skills that have been learned.?

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