of people across the globe worsened significantly during the pandemic while remote work conditions and extended work hours impacted individuals personal life aspects like financial crisis widespread layoffs and sharp rise in unemployment touched by crippling economy and ongoing uncertainty further increased anxiety and fear in many ergo the urgent need to incorporate stronger and more integrated policies to support peoples mental health initially it may seem harder to build a culture of care however an empathetic organisation will be able to build employee loyalty retain top talent and save on time money and resources needed to hire new talent according to the annual employability survey 2019 by aspiring minds revealed that 80 per cent of indian engineering graduates were not fit to be employed as majority of them lacked soft skills which require human intervention and cannot be replaced by machines this has increased the relevance of soft skills thus making it the new power skill getting tactical the world is revolving around data and it is this domain which will drive businesses predictive analytics business analytics data analytics business intelligence etc are some of the important tenets that will drive business the global predictive analytics market size was valued at 732 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach 3545 billion by 2027 and be a vital constituent for organisations tactical skills in finance hr sales and strategic marketing will give professionals an edge in formulating diverse strategies to beat competition and stay atop the market gartner talks about integrating demand generation as part of the marketing strategy in building brand awareness that would result in highquality leads having an agile approach a successful business is driven by customer satisfaction and customer demands are everchanging in todays times hence businesses need to keep pace with them and respond effectively no doubt the demand for agile management methodologies has been growing more rapidly in recent years agile is an iterative and incremental approach to business management it helps teams stay abreast with the demands of the modern workplace while being focused on the timely delivery of business value companies need to invest in building new capabilities disruption had an adverse impact on businesses wherein only those organisations that adapted to the new developments were able to sustain the global economic turbulences companies can increase the odds of success if they take the time to build the needed capabilities to keep their teams agile organisations should evaluate how the modern technologies align with their business goals and enable learning plans to develop those skills in employees regardless of their job title roles and responsibilities according to mckinsey companies need to build capabilities at a rapid pace and need talent with more complex skill profiles including leadership traits make learning a part of the employee experience the year 2020 and 2021 taught us to adapt to rapid changes in how and where we work it has compelled us to become proficient with multiple professional technology platforms like microsoft teams