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9 in 10 business leaders say thinking skills are vital for hiring and growth in a tech-driven workplace

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9 in 10 business leaders say thinking skills are vital for hiring and growth in a tech-driven workplace

  • More than nine in ten business leaders (34% very important, 60% somewhat important) consider strong thinking skills important in their decision to hire candidates, with nearly all of them viewing thinking skills as crucial (47% very important, 49% somewhat important) for augmenting or supplementing employees’ technical skills in the face of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.

  • Since nearly all business leaders (44% strongly agree, 52% somewhat agree) agree that combining thinking skills with technical skills enables employees to take on higher-value roles in a technology-driven world, nine in ten business leaders (45% very important, 51% somewhat important) think it is important for all employees to be equipped with a basic level of thinking skills, regardless of their industry or job role.

  • Despite more than four in five business leaders (28% to a large extent, 57% to a moderate extent) acknowledging that there is a gap in thinking skills in their organisation, less than half of business leaders (43%) have sent their employees for training in thinking skills in the past year. Leaders cite the lack of clear metrics/tools to measure progress in thinking skills development (41%) as a key challenge in cultivating thinking skills among employees.

  • Nonetheless, nearly four in five business leaders (24% very likely, 54% somewhat likely) are likely to send their employees for training in thinking skills, with more than half of them (55%) intending to send their employees for such training within the next six months.

SINGAPORE, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In an evolving job market that increasingly values unique human competencies, more than nine in ten business leaders (34% very important, 60% somewhat important) consider strong thinking skills important in their decision to hire candidates for their organisation, with nearly all (47% very important, 49% somewhat important) viewing thinking skills as crucial for augmenting or supplementing employees’ technical skills in the face of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

With nine in ten business leaders (45% very important, 51% somewhat important) placing the importance for all employees to be equipped with a basic level of thinking skills, regardless of their industry or job role, nearly all (44% strongly agree, 52% somewhat agree) agree that combining thinking skills with technical skills enables employees to take on higher-value roles in a technology-driven world.

However, more than four in five of them (28% to a large extent, 57% to a moderate extent) acknowledge that there is a gap in thinking skills in their organisation to a certain degree. Despite this, less than half of business leaders (43%) have sent their employees for thinking skills training in the past year, citing a lack of clear metrics or tools to measure progress in thinking skills development (41%), inconsistent understanding or definition of what constitutes effective thinking skills (38%), and difficulty in tailoring thinking skills training to suit diverse roles or departments (38%) among the key challenges they face.

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