FUTURE SKILLS FUTURE THINKING

What Skills Do You Need to Invest in?

We have illustrated that future skills are critical to being future fit – but what are future skills? Research by the McKinsey Global Institute identified a set of 56 foundational skills that will be of use in the future world, no matter which sector you are in. With the labour market becoming more automated, digital, and dynamic, organisations will require from their employees the ability to: • add value beyond what can be done by automated systems and intelligent machines • operate in a digital environment • continually adapt to new ways of working and new occupations. The 56 skills which have been identified to satisfy these requirements are known as DELTAs ( D istinct El ements of Ta lent). Further research by McKinsey showed that, currently, the skills in which workers currently have the lowest levels of proficiency – and, as result, the skills that we should focus on first – are software use and development, understanding digital systems, communication, and planning and ways of working. Raising proficiency in the DELTAs will require continuous adult training. The fact that proficiency in digital DELTAs – shown to improve the chances of achieving higher incomes – was lower among older survey respondents who had left the national educational system illustrates this point.

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More than 60% of companies plan to increase their L&D spending, and more than 66% of organizations will increase the number of formal learning hours Van Dam, 2017

You can see the 56 DELTAs in more detail over the next few pages.

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