According to this article, " instead of only asking whether employees have the right skills for the tasks on hand, leaders should ponder how fast - and how well - they can acquire the skills they will need next." These skills - here called 'meta-skills' (but also known as 'soft skills' or 'durable skills') break down into two major categories: critical thinking skills, and social skills (I'm sure there's an interesting story to be found detailing how critical thinking and social skills lead to better learning). According to the article, meta-skills can be assessed via three major indicators: "people with strong meta-skills acquire new skills faster"; they "show up when people apply principles learned in one context to structurally similar but unfamiliar problems": and "meta-skills are visible in how people work." And people can learn them. "Higher order thinking, metacognitive regulation, analogical reasoning and social coordination all improve with structured practice, feedback and reasonably demanding environments."
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