Top skills for the future workforce

ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication

• cogitive load management

• computational thinking

• sense-making

• new-media literacy

ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning

• cross-cultural competence

• cognitive load management

• computational thinking

• transdisciplinarity

literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines

• new-media literacy

• transdisciplinarity

• sense-making

ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed

• cogitive load management

• computational thinking

• sense-making

• new-media literacy

ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques

• design mindset

• cognitive load management

• computational thinking

• social intelligence

proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based

• cross-cultural competency

• new-media literacy

• novel and adaptive thinking

ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team

• social intelligence

• virtual collaboration

• design mindset

ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes

• sense-making

• design mindset

• cross-cultural competency

ability to operate in different cultural settings

• cross-cultural competency

• social intelligence

ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions

• social intelligence

• social thinking

• cross-culture