Leadership & Human Skills Make Companies Stronger
Channel: Art Jones
Date: 2021-06-29

Business leaders who embrace nurturing human skills like empathy and compassion are not outliers today they are forerunners riding the tidal shift in society. 

To explore the subject I am delighted to have Abbey O'Neal as my guest. Abbey is the Founder of FACTOR Brands She has built her practice as an experience & engagement strategist, culture cultivator, resilience & well-being guide, and energy worker. 

In this week's discussion of leadership, corporate culture, and business strategy in the Story Cafe, Abbey and I are discussing the value of our human skills.

Why? Because we believe nurturing our human skills is the perfect counterpoint to leaning into AI, ML Robotics, Neural Nets, and IoT.

Some days I stop and think the world I live in is enchanted. I mean I have an assistant that travels everywhere with me and answers most questions in a pleasant voice instantly. My refrigerator makes the shopping list. Your watch counts your steps and your car drives itself. 

Buck rogers got nothing on us in the year 2021.

So, buckle up because we know that is nothing compared to what's just around the corner.

MIT is leading the way in innovating and creating technologies of the future. The World Economic Forum keeps its eye on trends to forecast and make plans for what's next. 

What follows is an except, The M I T Sloan Management Review and The World Economic Forum: 

The report says to avoid mass long-term unemployment, we must prioritize and poor efforts into preparing workers for the jobs of the future.

Increasingly, these are the kinds of jobs that focus on uniquely human skills that current technologies cannot provide. Things like empathy, problem-solving collaboration, and communication, increasing such skills. Not only helps workers, but also has real business implications, human skills make companies stronger.

So, with confirmation that the thesis of our discussion is on point. Pull up a chair and join Abbey and me, as we explore the what, when, why, and how to hack your human skills, to position yourself to accomplish more.