Table 2.

Essential future skills

Hard skills
• Programming
• Digital/ICT skills
• Data analytics
• Cyber security
• Technological skills
• Digital marketing
• Digital transformation
• Cloud computing
• IoT
• AI
• Research
• Blockchain
• Distributed ledger
• Technological application
• Compliance
• STEM/STEAM (inclusion of Arts as a science)
• Green skills
• Alteryx
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Metaverse
• Technical problem-solving
Soft skills
• (People) management
• Creativity
• Communication
• Emotional intelligence
• Sales skills
• Influencing
• Trust building
• Storytelling
• Intrapreneurship
• Relationship management
• Business development
• Innovation
• Negotiation skills
• Co-creation
• Coaching
• Mental health support
• Proactivity
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Engaging others
• Adaptability
• Resilience
• Leadership (through uncertainty/ambiguity)
• Flexibility
• Change management
• Cyber psychology
• Abstract thinking
• Trainability
• Collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Decision-making
• Design thinking
• Lifelong learning agility
• Strategic problem-solving
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