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five years ago, our team partnered with the economist group to conduct a study where we asked business and industry leaders around the world, what were the most critical skills they wanted their employees to possess. you could say the results were more validating than surprising. the usual suspects were on the list – problem-solving, teamwork, communication, critical thinking, and digital literacy were among the skills mentioned. when i show the results of the study on a slide, i warn my audience that the most fascinating thing about the list is that it’s not fascinating at all. everyone in the room knows what's on the list. we have been talking about how students need to develop these skills for so long, we actually call them “21st century skills," and we talk about them a lot! if you do an exact term search for “21st century skills,” you get about 4,170,000 results.
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