Peter Merrill
President
Quest Management Inc.
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Allan Ross in his book ‘The Future of Industry’ projects that 60% of the jobs ten years from now do not yet exist. The World Economic Forum report, the ‘Future of Jobs’, identifies competences and knowledge areas critical in the future. Among others, it points us to 3 critical competences, and 3 vital areas of knowledge. The vital competences are Emotional Intelligence which supports Creativity, an imperative in the future, and Creativity, in turn, essential for Complex Problem Solving. Three vital areas of knowledge for a future career are, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning which merge one into another. Bear in mind these areas of knowledge need to develop to competences given competence is defined as ‘the ability to apply knowledge.’ First the competences.