The incursion of AI into the workplace brings an urgent need for human soft skills Globe_Careers
“Accounting” and “creativity” are not typically associated “given the precision of one and the elusiveness of the other,” the American Accounting Association notes with a touch of self-deprecating humour.
The World Economic Forum now ranks creativity – along with complex problem-solving and critical thinking – among the top three soft skills today’s employers require, given the pace of change and the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence on global markets. The accounting professors agree it’s unlikely the promise of rewards will directly advance creativity. However, the researchers found they could indirectly prime the creative process by first rewarding study participants for the sheer quantity of ideas they produced – good and bad – followed by a short break.
Evaluation and decisions on which ideas to run with should be the focus of subsequent meetings, after an adequate period of reflection.
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