FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin As technology advances, it is not our ability to master machines but our capacity to connect with people that will define leadership and teamwork in the future. This is where soft skills come into play. What are soft skills? The term “soft skills” was first used by the U.S. Army in the late 1960s to describe abilities unrelated to operating machinery. Over the decades, its meaning has expanded to encompass a wide array of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills. RelatedNews LR and Marlink collaborate on maritime digital transformation research Future-ready seafarers: Bridging technical excellence and human competence var jnews_module_21349606_0_6a0305db3cd2d = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21349606","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1504,2329,2195","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_ne