# Tensie Whelan on Soft Skills

Center for Sustainable Business

November 9, 2018 ![Tensie Whelan](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Tensie_News%20Feature_14.jpg?itok=kl77o9rJ) Tensie Whelan speaks to the Association for Talent Development on new hires and their lack of soft skills such as teamwork and emotional intelligence in the workforce.

A quote from Tensie: "Schools are not preparing students for how interconnected today's world is. In the past, students were trained to deconstruct both items and ideas into their component parts. Today, people need a systems thinking approach where they understand how one part affects the whole."

To read the full article, click [here](https://www.td.org/magazines/td-magazine/in-search-of-soft-skills).