Adoption—the successful use and development of
emerging technologies—of course requires human capital,
which is another critical input of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution in the form of healthy, educated populations.
The new human capital pillars of the GCI, divided into a
heath pillar and an education and skills pillar captures these
two forms of investment in human capital. In particular, the
education and skills pillar looks at both the skills of the current
work force and the skills of the future work force. In line with
finding from the Forum’s Future of Jobs report, this pillar
includes indicators on critical thinking in teaching.