While advising a B School on their HR curriculum, I recommended HR Analytics, Design Thinking, and <add your buzz word here>. But the turning point was when someone said – “but kids who join us don’t even know Excel”, which made us all realize what we actually need students to learn:

– Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do
– Developing a credible perspective on something new, very quickly
– Working with others, esp. the ones they don’t get along with
– Mastering the tools of their craft quickly (e.g. Excel, Jira…)
– Demonstrating hunger, and saying Yes to new experiences

I wish someone told me these things when I was in B School.

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