Comments on: The 10 key skills for the future of work http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Julien http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-798424 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:15:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-798424 IMHO, this list is relevant for a computer (Hal of Oz), not for a biological organism rooted in an ecosystem (All of us). Where is the knowledge of plants and ecosystems? Know-how in food production and transformation? Where is thrift and efficiency? This list is biased with a dematerialised view of the world, oblivious to the resources, energy and materials (and material constraints) involved.

]]> By: Richard Saunders http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-781911 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:38:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-781911 All of these are grounded on assumptions: 1) that an individual is highly literate, 2) that a stable and accessible infrastructure exists [either free or privileged access] to allows the sort of connectivity necessary for these sorts of functions, 3) that other basic human needs are consistently met. Seems to me that the insightful and highly adaptable characters who wrote up the list are a little more dependent [or naive] than they’d like to be on some deeper fundamental skills.

]]> By: Luther Jackson http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-781403 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:28:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-781403 According to a series of recently labor market studies conducted by the NOVA workforce board in Sunnyvale, CA, these ten “new economy” skills succinctly articulate the skills and attributes required by many Silicon Valley employers. For more information on the NOVA tech workforce study, please see: http://novaworks.org/LaborMarketInfo/Reports/InformationTechnologyStudy.aspx

]]> By: Andrei http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-780623 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:52:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-780623 This list is what my wife calls “content-free communication.”

It essentially describes how anybody who works in an office today already works, including, I am certain, all the authors of this dumb-ass research paper.

]]> By: Shaleen Shah http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-780211 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:26:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-780211 I’m totally with what you wrote here: “..it’s hard to keep up with what’s going on today.” Everything seems to be on an experimental stage these days and we’re looking at new jobs created each day that we wouldn’t have heard of in the last ten years. I love the list you come up with, though I have to say that we all need to work hard on all of these things, most especially – being open to change. I guess, schools need to raise the bar higher in helping students prepare for the future of work – to give them more practice than theory.

]]> By: Brenda http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-779089 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:10:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-779089 I second your sentiment… so very very true.

]]> By: Steve Borgman http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-779026 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:37:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-779026 While there were a lot of critical comments here, I believe that we do need to look forward to the most important career success skills to be developed going forward. My question is whether we can choose the top 2 or 3 we think we excel in, and then work on the others one at a time? Using the Pareto Principle to make the most headway the fastest?

]]> By: Ed Podowski http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-778986 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:07:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-778986 If you think about these skills, they have never changed from the beginning of time. Do you think the person who invented the wheel had a Design mind-set? Think about that. I bet everyone reading this can come up with at least one example of something from a very long time ago and the person or persons involved had these skills. Someone below said “Do what you like and what you are good at” doing. I would at be passionate about too!

]]> By: JohannaB http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-778063 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:34:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-778063 I would burst out laughing if I read half of these as assertions in a resume. This is a pretentious and over-reaching list with language reminiscent of the worst / height of Political Correctitude.

]]> By: x http://gigaom.com/2011/12/16/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comment-777906 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:08:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=455291#comment-777906 Pointless. These terms will never come across a resume or a job description, so they’re meaningless. I would love to see any hiring recruiter try to wrap their heads around these concepts.

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