Future Skills

for the 2020s

A New Hope
FALL 2020
CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES
 Key Aspects
Key Skills/Roles
2020
1 Activist Art
2 Facilitation & Co-creation
of Art / Creativity
3
Human / Soft Skills
(Social & Emotional, etc.)
4 Diversity, Equity Cultural
Awareness & Race Relations
5 Info Stylist - helps customize
Presentations & Data
6 Ethical Practices, Critical
Thinking, Understanding Biases
7 Collaboration (On & Offline)
8
Health & Safety Awareness/Skills
(Using AR/VR Remote Tech)
9
Navigate accelerating
Change (eg New Tech)
10
Training / Programming AI
Source: GEF + Sector Expert Foresight Sessions + Surveys
Key Factors
2030 2020 2030 Megatrends Impact on Skills in the sector over the next 10 years
VS AVG. VS AVG.
IMPACT: IMPACT:
New Communication Skills
(Visual/Touch/Gesture/Thought)
Remote Working
= New Norm
New Human-computer
HIGH Digitalization MED. Globalization -6%
HIGH Accelerating Change +8% MED. Automation -13%
Transdisciplinary Designers,
Catalysts & Community Builders
Social Media Sensationalism
over Competence
Digital Currency
replaces Cash
Environmentalization
HIGH
& Sustainability
MED. Demographic Changes
Full Sensory Tech & Wearables
AR / VR / MR Design, Affordable Graphic
Engineering, etc. Technologies
in Entertainment Experiences,
Clothing & Bodies Scenarios Which Scenario is most likely over the coming 10 years?
BORDERS & ORIENTATION
Cross-sectoral Bridge Role
Unemployment
& Reduced Spending
Decentralisation & Crowdsourcing
democratises Creativity Urbanisation & Megacities
Urbanisation slows
down / reverses
Globalisation Nationalisation
Storytelling, Advocacy
& Community Roles
Social Activism - Demand for Socially
Engaged Art / Creative Work
AI prediction & Self-learning
Machines / Production Lines CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION / ECONOMIC MODEL
Disruptive New Entrants Existing Large Companies,
& Startups Consolidation & Acquisition
Blockchain Systems Design
Strict Hygiene
& Biosecurity Rules
Supply Chain Transparency
Mass Production Mass Uniqueness
Life centred,
Business as Usual
Regenerative & Circular
Regenerative
& Sustainable Skills
Personalisation of Art,
Fashion & Entertainment
Total Digital Monitoring EQUITY
Digital Divide closes Digital Divide widens
Skills Gap widens Skills Gap closes
Neo-craftsman: VR/AR Supported
Design + 3D Printing & Wearables
Prioritisation of Wellbeing 3D Printing
DEMAND FOR
Specialists Generalists
Wearables Tech Design Co-creation, Social & Community Participatory Experiences
(eg Personal Power Devices) Creativity (Mobbing) (Theatre) Individual Skills Collaborative Skills
Fusing Art and Other Fields Nationalization of PRIVACY & FREEDOM
Mind Fitness Coach focused on
Cognitive Skills, Flow & Creativity (Science Art) Platforms and Data People control Algorithms Algorithms control People
For full report, please see futureskills2020s.com = Sector = All-sectors Average
 Map of the Future For full report, please see
futureskills2020s.com

2020 ‘21 ‘22 ‘23 ‘24 2025 ‘26 ‘27 ‘28 ‘29 2030

UNEMPLOYMENT & REDUCED SPENDING National Self Reliance & Domestic Supply Chains
RELOCALIZED/
COVID
Strict Hygiene / Biosecurity Blockchain Systems Design

DECENTRALISATION & CROWDSOURCING DEMOCRATISES CREATIVITY

Permanent Job Loss due to Structural Shifts

Ageing Workforce
PARTICI-
PA T O R Y /
SOCIAL
Pop Up Architecture: Unique Temporary Combinations of Objects, Places & People

Diversity, Cultural Awareness & Race Relations Increasing Leisure Time Personalisation of Art & Fashion, & Entertainment

Storytelling, Advocacy & Community Roles Social Media Sensationalism over Competence

ACTIVIST ART Learning to Reconnect with Nature Regenerative & Sustainable Skills Clothes Recycling Specialist

GREEN &
U N IVERSAL Health & Safety Awareness / Skills (Using AR/VR Remote Tech) Mind Fitness Coach focused on Cognitive Skills, Flow & Creativity
WE L L B E I N G

ECO MATERIALS & PRODUCTION MODES ESSENTIAL

AFFORDABLE GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGIES Wearables Tech Design (eg Personal Power Devices) Neo-craftsman (eg VR/AR Supported Design + 3D Printing & Wearables)

Info Stylist - helps customize Presentations & Data AR / VR / MR Design, Engineering, etc.

Training / Programming AI TOTAL DIGITAL MONITORING

TECH
3D PRINTING

SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY Robotics & Cobots DIGITAL CURRENCY REPLACES CASH

Personalisation of Production Mixed / Augmented / Virtual Reality

2020 ‘21 ‘22 ‘23 ‘24 2025 ‘26 ‘27 ‘28 ‘29 2030
Skills/ ITEMS IN CAPS: 100% of experts surveyed indicate it is
TECHNICAL COGNITIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC GREEN & UNIVERSAL Factor COVID TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Roles FOUNDATIONAL & CULTURAL WELLBEING ACCELERATED /SMART GENERAL
SPECIFIC
& DIGITAL Clusters disrupting sector & transforming roles.
Clusters
To explore collaboration opportunities,
please reach out to us at:
partners@globaledufutures.org
rda@worldskills.ru
futureskills2020s.com

Thank you