Emotional intelligence and innovation are important skills for the future

A new report from Microsoft, about 300 million jobs in the future will be impacted by artificial intelligence. This will mean a new way of working — AI and humans side-by-side. And a global survey of leaders, the report says, targets three abilities as the “new core competencies”: analytical reasoning, flexibility, and emotional intelligence.

This conclusion comes from Microsoft’s new Work Trend Index report, a globalsurvey of 31,000 people.

And the BBC reports that while AI will impact millions of jobs in the future, there are two key skill sets its unlikely to overtake: innovation and emotional intelligence.