Top 10 key skills for workforce development
Swinburne Edge
Swinburne Edge is a leading Australian provider of professional education.
The word “disruption” is used so often, you’d be forgiven for glossing over it. Even so, when it comes to key skills, workforce disruption is very real. In fact, the latest World Economic Forum’s latest Future of Jobs Report shows that employers expect 44% of their employees’ skills to be disrupted by 2027.?
Disruption of this magnitude requires business leaders to identify which key skills their workforce will need – and fast.?
Cognitive skills and creative thinking are the fastest-growing key skills?
The report indicates that complex problem-solving is a growing priority for employers. As a result, the need for cognitive skills is growing at the fastest rate of all skillsets.?
“Cognitive skills and creative skills have always been important,” observes Louise Robinson, Swinburne Edge Executive Director. “In the age of rapidly advancing technology and AI, these skills take on a whole new level of significance. Organisations need workers to leverage their uniquely human skills to optimise both the latest technology and their own resources.”?
Businesses also consider the key skills of curiosity and lifelong learning to be growing rapidly, alongside resilience, flexibility and agility, and motivation and self-awareness.?
“Successful organisations know that real learning is lifelong,” Louise Robinson explains. “It’s why a lifelong learning philosophy underpins Swinburne Edge – to support the need for continuous evolution and the acquisition of essential emergent skills.”?
The top 10 most important key skills??
In addition to identifying the fastest-growing key skills, the report also indicates the overall top 10 skills required by workers today:?
The report states: “Comparisons to previous surveys suggest that creative thinking is increasing in importance relative to analytical thinking as workplace tasks become increasingly automated.”?
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The data isn’t just food for thought. It can help stimulate an internal conversation in your organisation about the workforce capabilities that you need to build.?
“An enterprise-wide approach to learning is essential for real impact,” says Louise Robinson. “At Swinburne Edge, we collaborate with industry to design and produce solutions for current and emerging skills trends.”?
Swinburne Edge is a Learning & Development partner, developing and delivering industry-leading courses to build and foster key skills in an era of rapid workforce skills disruption.??
“Through equipping organisations with industry-relevant skills, Swinburne Edge empowers enterprises to thrive,” says Louise Robinson. ?
For enterprise clients, Swinburne Edge offers workforce advisory services and agile product development. By cultivating capability development, the Edge facilitates the acquisition of emergent skills essential in today's workforce, leveraging Swinburne expertise.?
Contact Swinburne Edge for a discussion about building your workforce’s key skills.?
About the author?
Louise Robinson is executive director at Swinburne Edge, renowned for her passion in skills training, innovation, and ability to identify growth opportunities. With a diverse background in both education and corporate sectors, Louise brings a unique perspective to this role.?
Combining her extensive corporate and consulting experience with executive leadership roles within Australian universities, Louise's expertise is further enriched by her status as a Fulbright scholar and a fellow of the International Specialist Skills Institute. These experiences have greatly contributed to her strategic thinking abilities and global mindset, allowing her to approach challenges with a forward-thinking perspective.??
Louise is dedicated to driving the growth and impact of Swinburne Edge. Under her visionary leadership, Swinburne Edge is poised to thrive in the ever-evolving landscape of skills training and innovation – increasingly in demand from workplaces and industry alike.?
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