Human Skills Matrix

MIT J-WEL Lab (Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab)

The Human Skills Matrix (HSX) organizes 24 essential human skills needed in a rapidly changing world, and the accompanying workshop shows application of those skills in real-world contexts.

What This Includes

Skills addressed: Thinking, Interacting, Managing Ourselves, Leading

Matrix

Skills are identified within the following literacies: digital, civic and cultural, organizational, and financial

Instructor guidance

Human Skills Workshop curriculum and materials
Human Skills Workshop Report from Conversations to Convergence Conference (March, 2020)

Key Takeaways

The HSX framework is useful for developing curriculum, designing skills trainings or structuring research projects.
Employers can use the HSX framework to upskill and hire while employees can self-assess and build skills.
Human Skills Workshop guides participants to identify skills, use real-world simulations to develop skills, and use self-assessment and reflection activities to inform future skill development.

Background

The Human Skills Matrix (HSX) is an initiative of the Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (MIT J-WEL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The HSX initiative examined 41 existing skills frameworks from human resources, education, corporations, and labor organizations to identify the most in-demand non-technical skills. The list of skills was reviewed and categorized with a panel of policy and research experts in education and workforce development. In March, 2020, MIT J-WEL brought together industry, academy, policy, and Ed Tech experts to discuss and advance the matrix in different sectors and fields.

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