I still want to comment the thematics and current discussions regarding the future developments of work?

I was interviewed by Welcome to Finland magazine some months ago and asked to tell my views and opinions on this particular topic. Here are some of my key citations (with new titles chrystalizing key themes and topics) of the article:

Uncertainty, chaos, change, volatility…

”It should be made clear, that the change in working life and society is not stable. Different people and organisations e..

Young people are naturally creative, but keeping creativity alive is challenging for adult persons. Personal creativity means the ability of individual to create new, relevant ideas and perspectives. Unfortunately, today little attention is given to developing the creative thinking skills of individuals. This kind of competence strategy is very problematic because our problem-solving capacity depends on creativity. Service design work requires high level problem-solving capacity.

One key chal..

Civilized education can be defined in many different ways. I divide it and parallel talent areas in the following way. Intelligence, i.e. problem solving ability measured in IQ is one area. Logical and mathematical infering or deduction is another, completely separate talent area. Critical thinking or the philosophical ability to think things through from unordinary perspectives is yet another completely separate area of competence and talent. Fourth area of general knowledge is strong self es..

Competence can be divided into three different levels. The first level consists of common knowledge or liberal education, which includes self esteem, willingness to understand, critical thinking, wisdom, curiosity, imagination, entrepreneurial spirit, problem solving abilities, holistic perception, many-sided base of knowledge. The second level consists of generic skills, which include communicational and social skills, language skills, ability to choose and use the right tools, and abilities..