Digital Promise research reports significant cross-sector alignment on four mindsets and six skill sets vital to lifelong success¶

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q1 i? Digital Promise's prior research has shown significant alignment across industry, education, and governments in identifying four mindsets and six skill sets that are vital to lifelong success in learning, work, and life. → mindsets-skillsets-1

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Luna, C., & Weisgrau, J. (2025, March). Exponential Change Brings Exponential Choice: Navigating Life, Learning, and Career. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/244

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The report attributes this alignment finding to its authors' prior work (Mills et al., 2024); the review does not itself report the underlying study's design or effect sizes. The named mindsets and skill sets are described as enabling personal wayfinding and lifelong learning.

"Digital Promise's prior research has shown significant alignment across industry, education, and governments in identifying and prioritizing similar competencies (Mills et al., 2024). These competencies broadly tend to include four mindsets (overarching ways of thinking or acting) and six skill sets (broadly framed abilities) that are vital to lifelong success in learning, work, and life."

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