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Let’s stop calling them “soft skills” — and call them “real skills” instead |

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We persist in hiring and training as if we’re running a bowling squad, as if easily measured skills are all that matter. What causes successful organizations to fail? What makes stocks fade, innovations slow, customers jump ship? We can agree that certain skills are essential. That hiring coders who can’t code, salespeople who can’t sell, or architects who can’t design is a waste. But these skills — let’s call them vocational skills — have become the backbone of the recruitment process. But how do you explain that similar organizations, with similarly vocationally skilled people, find themselves with very different outcomes? Most of the textbooks that students experience and the tests they take are about vocational skills, the checkboxes that have to be checked to get a job. By misdefining “vocational” and focusing on these allegedly essential skills, we’ve diminished the value of the other skills that matter. We give too little respect to the other skills when we call them “soft” and

Business Let’s stop calling them “soft skills” — and call them “real skills” instead Jun 9, 2023 / Seth Godin Share This Idea Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Debora Szpilman We persist in hiring and training as if we’re running a bowling squad, as if easily measured skills are all that matter. What causes successful organizations to fail ? What makes stocks fade, innovations slow, customers jump

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