Opening Plenary
Session Description:Simon is taking the audience on a data-driven exploration of the future. The demands on education are changing as global trade, geopolitics, and work are transformed. The result is a new set of skills that students, and for that matter, advancement professionals, must acquire to guarantee career success. Schools want to show that they understand broad cultural and economic shifts to attract students and philanthropic funding. A more tech-heavy world is a more interpersonal, is a more human world. It will be soft skills like communication and the ability to self-manage that sets the future worker apart from the rest of the crowd. As your country, as your school, as the workforce becomes more culturally diverse, cross-cultural competency becomes a crucial skill. Prepare for an exciting trip deep into the data vault to emerge with real insights into the future.