For a young person, the current times are the most exciting and challenging in human history. The world around them is disrupting and changing rapidly. The scale and pace is phenomenal. According to a recent EY report, the trends shaping our world are technology, globalisation, and demographics.
Technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Quantum computing, and the Internet of Everything are dramatically changing industries. Technology enabled advances in genomics, agriculture, aviation and transportation, ocean mining, deep space exploration, advertising, medical technology, etc. will spawn new industries creating new jobs requiring an entirely new set of skills.
The world is changing in fundamental ways. So what does that have to do with our young today?
The full article Mithun Kamath, emphasises the importance of implementing a combination of new age technical skills blended with socio-emotional competencies, crucial of employability and success in the rapidly evolving Digital Age.