Our strategy Helsinki Learns – Future Compentences

Future keys to success 

Future competences involve the ability to think about the future in a creative and anticipatory manner and find alternative solutions together. Shaking up established thinking patterns and operating models requires the courage to engage in activities the success or result of which
is not guaranteed. Trust and faith in the future comes from our ability to face uncertainty. In addition to competences and skills, we strengthen the values and attitudes needed in order to build a sustainable and just future.

Future competences

•Future thinking
•Anticipation
•Transformative competence
•Continuous learning

A robust foundation facilitates creation

Social and emotional skills form a basis for good learning, growth and well-being. It is important to focus on learning and practising them at different ages. Encounters play a major role in the development of social and emotional skills. We practice skills both alone and collectively and learn to resolve issues together and assume responsibility.

Social and emotional skills

  • A sense of belonging and the ability to work together and collaborate
  • Interaction and negotiation skills
  • Empathy, trust
  • Sociability, assertiveness, energy
  • Emotional skills and regulation
  • Self-knowledge: trust and faith in oneself,
  • Confidence in social situations
  • Stress resistance, optimism
  • Responsibility, persistence
  • Open-mindedness, curiosity, creativity
  • Goal orientation, self-efficacy

Link to the Helsinki Learns – Future Competences Education 20230 publication

We can’t predict the future, but we can create it!