To be future ready, students need strong academic knowledge, workplace skills and training, all coupled with social and emotional skills like collaboration and initiative. Social and emotional learning — a well-researched approach to developing students’ self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making — should be integrated along with all educational efforts in both K-12 and postsecondary education to prepare young people for career success. To Johnson, technical job skills and experience were secondary to skills like self-awareness since the technical skills could be learned on the job — or, as we’re seeing now, can be replicated by AI.