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Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin — WisdomDeck honest review

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Humans Are Underrated

by Geoff Colvin

As machines take the analytic work, empathy, collaboration and storytelling become the premium skills. Colvin's practical career argument.

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you want to know which skills to build for the machine age.

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you want technical reskilling.

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Three things you will actually use

Be deeply human.
Relationships are the moat.
Teams of humans win.

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Colvin on human skills.

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