317- Pavel Luksha on The Future of Skills

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In this week’s episode, Tom is sitting down once again with special guest, Pavel Luksha.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Pavel Luksha is a leading education futurist. He’s a Professor of Practice at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, the Director and founder of Global Education Futures, and serves on the advisory board for Whittle School and Studios. What drives Pavel forward is creating a world that works for everyone. He’s a global thinker and change catalyst focused on creating the discipline of social ecosystem gardening.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Recently, Pavel contributed to a new future of skills report that is one of the best that the Getting Smart team has seen on the subject! The report was a collaboration between Global Education Future, WorldSkills Russia, and WorldSkills International and is titled, “Future Skills for the 2020s: A New Hope.” It summarizes interviews that Pavel conducted with leaders and experts all over the world and focuses on the three overarching skills that are needed to build a thriving future for all. These skills are: 1) Collaborate, adapt, and transform 2) Embrace future-orientations and technological tools, and 3) Embody well-being of people and planet as our primary purpose.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Listen in as Tom and Pavel discuss what learners need to know and why we live in a VUCA place. If you’re working on a new portrait of a graduate (or a graduate profile) and are thinking about the skills that your learners will need in the 2020s, this is a must-listen-to episode!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode with Pavel Luksha.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:45] Tom welcomes Pavel back to the <em>Getting Smart</em> Podcast!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cam