Strengthening Soft Skills | Andy Wible | TEDxMuskegon

Soft skills are thought to be unmeasurable, unteachable, and unimportant. This presentation will challenge each of these assumptions. From the Ancient Greeks to today’s leaders, the evidence is clear that these skills are not so soft after all. They are essential to living a good life, creating a good community, and having meaningful employment.

Dr. Andy Wible is an instructor of philosophy and is currently chair of the Arts and Humanities Department at Muskegon Community College. Andy received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University. He writes and teaches mainly in business and biomedical ethics, and LGBTQ issues, and is active in his community.

[torigoth]

His voice is very clear and well-paced in speech. No gimmicks. Wish I could find more of that style because it brings more focus to the content rather than the speaker. The problem for me is his emphasis on ancient philosophical theories. Please, can we have newer theories

[dankrutidholakia]

Thank you for uploading the talk! It was so useful and just saved so many you tube searches. Thanks Ted Talks Team and the speaker for such a lucid and smooth pacing, and a meaningful talk! It will resonate for long.. And the ending was just marvellous!

[gabrielbernardo]

The girl sleeping at 10:23 cracked me up.

[GET_MAD_TOASTY]

Was it just me or was he rambling on about the importance of these skills and not in how to cultivate them into our lives?

[dancinglizard]

5:25 i cant take my eyes off of that guy in the red hoodie that keeps staring at the camera. Cant stop laughing at him 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Tracertme]

It was very interesting because he depicted the exact definition of what soft skills are not. He definitely knew and fully appreciates the value of them.... but not how to deliver or develop them. In the beginning I actually thought the flat cap and glasses where going to be part of an act and then change and reflect back on the audiences interaction with them...clearly my soft skills of reading the presenter need significant :-)

[PeteS_]

Soft skills are thought to be unmeasurable, unteachable, and unimportant. Tbh, being a socially awkward guy who is often noticed for being socially awkward rather than as someone who is able enough to learn new stuff and enjoys learning. I think the importance of soft skills are being emphasised much more than hard/technical skills in this day and age.
I am watching the video as I comment, but I think we need a balance between soft and hard skills. I have noticed who people who have really good people skills but don't seem academic, I know this isn't always the case, are highly liked. Despite soft skills being important if we just focus on soft skills, will we end up not reaching the full potential when it comes to the technical aspect of how a company operates?

[evelynbaitz]

Telling us what soft skulls are and the history doesn't help us improve. How do we develop these soft skills?

[joasasadap]

I am a new to customer service industry. I am not good at soft skill. That is why I am here.😅

[svengali]

Surely being engaging when giving a talk is a soft skill...why not use it? Role-model what you’re talking about!

[rainerkrammconsulting]

Socialization is the side effect of productive behavior.

[drchalquist]

Thanks for this. Totally agree about the name. You can take soft skills with you; they are always in demand, especially by hiring managers and especially now. WSJ, Forbes, and others emphasize them above hard skills. Thinking about doing a video on what they are, with examples.

[naiveotaku]

people are literally why almost everyone chewing something 12:28 ?

[immasoxfanbaby]

I'm a quadrillionaireand I use soft skills to make all my deals

[Maniification]

Hello

I m looking for online soft skills training.

Do you have a link to share me ?

Thank you

[JoanFiguerolaHurtado]

I came hear to learn about soft skills and this is just a pitch about how important they are, which is obvious. Sorry this vid waste of time....

[tiagolopes]

too much rambling around... failed on communication, which is a soft skill.

[targetone]

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