The World Economic Forum's 2025 report has a stark warning: by 2030, nearly two-fifths of what you know how to do today could be irrelevant. The shelf-life of skills has plummeted from about 30 years in the 1980s to less than four years now.

Consider this: the skills you gain in a typical four-year degree might be partly obsolete before you even graduate.

We're facing a unique challenge: we don't know what we don't know. While we can predict the need for evolving skills, the specifics of what will emerge from advancing technology remain a mystery. This means organisations need to prioritise skills that foster rapid change and quick adoption.