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THE DIGITAL READINESS

COMPETENCES DICTIONARY

The digital readiness competences framework considers 11 competences likely to be required for digital
readiness. There are two types of competences: crucial and additional.

Crucial competences are all those that are transversal to any job and include: learnability, agility, and
curiosity.

Additional competences might vary according to the job. For example, as a social media copywriter, you may
need to know how to handle data and communicate digitally but are unlikely to need a coaching mindset. It

may happen that a job will demand a domain of all competences; nonetheless, some will be more relevant
than others, depending on the job description and the industry sector.

digital communication, mental endurance, strategic problem solving, and coaching mindset.
Additional competences include virtual collaboration, drive to succeed, handling data, business acumen,

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