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12 Competencies for Future Success and Advantage
Even as I write this article, jobs in industries ranging from entertainment and media to manufacturing and medicine are being transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) and its many iterations. Many people don’t even know they are already in a competition with AI and that several facets of their job are already being accomplished by a digital application or intelligent machine. Workers will not be able to outpace these machines simply by working longer hours or moving faster on the assembly line.
The Science and Art of Every Profession
There is a science and an art to every profession. In school, we learn the science side of our profession. When we graduate, we begin to learn the art side of our profession.
It’s likely that when you see the word “art,” you are used to applying it to business and careers in moviemaking, designing, engineering, marketing and mass media, to name a few. However, there is an art side to everything, encompassing competencies that many refer to as the “soft skills.”
For example, cardiothoracic surgeons spend nearly a decade in college, medical school and beyond…
