Articles for category: Skills

December 12, 2025

profComm Team

Young people and communication

In a very interesting article with ‘Time’ magazine Rachel Konrad and Matt Abrahams (Stanford Graduate School of Business) discuss the “diminishing writing and speaking skills” amongst students and young people at large. They suggest solutions for both students and teachers.

Workplace Soft Skills

The lack of soft skills in leadership and the workplace is a widespread phenomenon that hinders communication amongst employees and the accomplishment of corporate goals. An interdisciplinary academic programme with courses from management, sociology, psychology, communications, and anthropology came to fill the gap.

How to get ready for AI in the workplace – Cedefop survey

The Centre for the Development of Vocational Training run its first AI skills survey in spring 2024. As argued in an explanatory note, while recent studies have alleviated fears of massive job destruction that could ensue due to the adoption of AI tools and systems at work, there is still scarce evidence about the actual use of AI tools and applications by European workers and their consequences for workers well-being.