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Additional Resources
"The role of curiosity in workplace automation,"
"The Skills Companies Need Most in 2020—And How to Learn Them,"
"LinkedIn: Leaders must hone soft skills for future of work,"
"So, what exactly are soft skills? USC experts have developed some parameters.,"
"How 8 Large California Districts Are Using Data to Decode Social-Emotional Learning — and Predict Students’ Academic Success,"
"The Increasing Demand for Hybrid, ‘T-Shaped’ Workers,"
"120 million workers will need retraining due to AI—but they may already have the skills employers want most,"
"Taking Leadership from Good to Great,"
"Intellectual Curiosity: 4 Ways to Create a Learning Culture on Your Team,"
"LinkedIn Report: These 4 Ideas Are Shaping the Future of HR and Hiring,"
"Job Training Can Change Lives.,"
"Aspire to Lead in Industry 4.0? Hone Your Soft Skills,"
"Global Learner Survey,"
"Emotional Intelligence for Physician Leaders,"
"WHY EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IS IMPORTANT IN LEADERSHIP,"
"IBM Study: The Skills Gap is Not a Myth, But Can Be Addressed with Real Solutions,"
"Putting Hard Edges on Soft Skills: The future(s) of artificial intelligence and skills in the emerging digital economy,"
"There’s Nothing Soft About These Skills,"
"Using Curiosity to Enhance Meaningfulness of Work,"
"Why Inclusive Leaders Are Good for Organizations, and How to Become One,"
"Building Empathy in Healthcare,"
"STEM Workers Need Soft Skills, Too,"
"Why the World Needs an Empathy Revolution,"
"Data Reveals Why The ‘Soft’ In ‘Soft Skills’ Is A Major Misnomer,"
"Shake Shack Founder Danny Meyer Says These Are the 6 Skills You Must Look For When Hiring (and They Can’t Be Taught),"
"Growing Talent for the 4th Industrial Revolution,"
"The Business Case for Curiosity,"
"The surprising thing Google learned about its employees — and what it means for today’s students,"
"Golden age for team players,"
"These Are the Top Skills Businesses and Job Recruiters Are Looking for Most in 2019,"
"Survey: Employers Want ‘Soft Skills’ From Graduates,"
"Forget coding. It’s the soft skills, stupid. And that’s what schools should be teaching.,"
"The Surprising Thing Google Learned about its Employees–And what it Means for Today’s Students,"
"Why soft skills are so important to the future of work,"
"Putting Lifelong Learning on the CEO agenda,"
"6 Soft Skills Technical Employees Need To Thrive,"
"Tech’s Damaging Myth of the Loner Genius Nerd,"
"In the AI Age, “Being Smart” Will Mean Something Completely Different,"
"Why Soft Kills Matter and the Top 3 You Need,"
"Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence,"
"Soft Skills Training Boosts Productivity,"
"Why Start Up Leaders Need to Use Third Space Thinking,"
"Hunting for Soft Skills, Companies Scoop Up English Majors,"
"Soft Skills Are Increasingly Crucial to Getting Your Dream Job,"
"Employers Find ‘Soft Skills” Like Critical Thinking in Short Supply,"
"Employers Find ‘Soft Skills’ Like Critical Thinking on Short Supply,"
"An unexpected path to business insight: Internal Communications,"
"Empathy, not Bureaucracy, Makes Organizations Great-Leadership Lessons,"
"The Power of ‘Why?’ and ‘What If?’,"
"What the Best Cross-Cultural Managers Have in Common,"
"Companies Try a New Strategy: Empathy Training,"
"What’s the Value of a Liberal Arts Education in Our 21st Century Digital Economy,"
"Job Skills Report 2016: What Recruiters Want,"
"The 5 Skills Employers Seek in Today’s Digital Economy,"
"Eight Careers Skills You Need to be Competitive in 2016,"
"Empathy is Still Lacking in the Leaders Who Need it Most,"
"The ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket,"
"5 Skills Employers Want that You Won’t See in a Job Ad,"
"Wrapping up Innovation for Winter 2015,"
"Reforming Engineering Education: The Changing Face of Engineering Education,"