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Jawahar Kotturu on Education in Industry 4.0

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  By Jawahar Kotturu Why are we educating the millennials? What defines the gig economy? Is the current approach to education or what is being imparted relevant for the Gig Economy? The most plausible outcome expected of education is Employment and or self-employment. It is observed that there is a wide gap in the learning that is imparted and what is required to be employed and remain employed in the Gig Economy. Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Automation, Technology, collaboration between humans & technology for overall efficiency, are the elements that define the current, as well as the emerging gig economy. Currently, we are experiencing a marked transformation in the way technologies have changed the way businesses operate. Additionally, we are also witnessing the emerging importance of competencies such as, critical & disruptive thinking, testing & adopting innovations, etc., to stay employed and remain as a relevant workforce. Is

The Importance of Being EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENCE to up-skill DECISION MAKING

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  The Importance of Being EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENCE to up-skill DECISION MAKING   Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and regulate one’s emotions and understand the emotions the others. EI is important for everyone who wants to be career ready.   Emotional intelligence is generally said to include a few skills: namely emotional awareness, or the ability to identify and name one’s own emotions; the ability to harness those emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problem solving; and the ability to manage emotions, which includes both regulating one’s own emotions when necessary and helping others to do the same. Being emotionally intelligent  enables a person to understand the impact that emotions can have on decision making, they can be objective and avoid acting in a rash way when making a decision . A person with high emotional intelligence will demonstrate a calm composure and are pragmatic in their manner. Your ability to recognize, understand, and manage y

Emotional Intelligence is key to Outstanding Leadership

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  Emotional Intelligence is key to Outstanding Leadership   Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand your own and others’ emotions and how they drive our behavior, and then using that knowledge to motivate others.  “Most of us make mistakes around emotional intelligence because they don’t understand what’s going on with other people.  “We don’t even necessarily understand what’s going on with others.”  A lack of emotional intelligence among the senior team can be devastating to the rest of the workforce and down the line team as well. If leaders are ineffective, when they set poor examples of how they treat other people, that trickles down throughout the company.” The result could be low employee engagement or high turnover because of the toxic interactions between people.  On the other hand, leaders with high emotional intelligence “tend to be uplifted by their interactions with people and think it’s great to have a team,” The good news is you can improve your

The Importance of Being Emotionally Intelligent

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  The Importance of Being Emotionally Intelligent   Emotional intelligence is ranked in the top 10 most in demand skills necessary to thrive in 2020 -30s by the World Economic Forum and others . We are told that it is critical to develop this skill as it is high on the priority list of employable skills. What I want to bring out today is the why? Why is it important enough for me to go and learn these or develop these?   First let’s figure out whether emotional intelligence (EI) is a skill or a quality? In my opinion is both a skill and a quality. It is both a natural quality some people have, like being charismatic, but it is also a skill in that it can be worked upon, developed, and improved.   So, what’s the big deal about EI and it’s importance to the current and future workforce? To really understand this, we need to look are the actual effect of the Industry 4.0 and beyond.   Industry 4.0 changes the way we design products. With so much data on usage, ha
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  “Breaking the myth”       “We are in the process of moving from “working from home because there is an emergency” to “working from home because I prefer to, because I have made the necessary arrangements to make it comfortable, and because I can still enjoy the benefits of an office when I want or need to.””                 -Enrique Dans What started as an emergency measure because of a global pandemic is becoming a sort after change in the work life of every individual that has tasted the advantage and comfort of working from home. Multinational companies to local Startups and businesses shifted there major workforce from tangible real working space to virtual working space. People started working from the comfort of their homes and had a virtual presence at work. There have been many studies after the onset of Covid and virtual working related to the productivity of the employees. There has been an assumption that the productivity of people working from home is a less than