Developing leaders to reinvent your organisation

With the ongoing commentary about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the threat of automation and artificial intelligence, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the skills needed for the future are purely technological.

And there will certainly be a need for specific, high-level technical skills as automation and AI become more commonplace. But there are also a number of skills that robots simply can’t replicate – such as people-focused skills, like leadership and management.

In fact, with the rise of the robots, these skills will be more in demand than ever. Research by the City & Guilds Group last year revealed that 41% of British workers rate leadership and management skills as the most important for their future careers prospects in ten years’ time.

Because even if robots can be developed with those skills, would we really trust them in that capacity? Probably not.