These are life skills, not just academic skills, and it is the quality of writing and thinking that separates employees with identical technical skill sets.

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The workshop kits generally contain single session units of 1-4 hours and comprehensive sets of units on a single topic covering technical, organizational and ethical topics.

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I'm confident on technical agreement - we will not have two sets of rules - and I hope and believe we will have progress in the next few days.

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The business world is at a critical inflection point and to compete in tomorrow's market, today's companies must demonstrate more than knowledge or technical expertise: they must cultivate new skill sets.

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Other products to watch for at the show include high-definition television sets from Mitsubishi, Samsung, Panasonic and others, although pricing and technical issues mean that the market will take a year or more to advance, Dataquest's Baker said.

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