In the highly specialized and scientific industries, we face challenges and concerns regarding the training and management of professionals. In my opinion, the challenge of STEM careers should not be focused on trends, nor on the current performance of industries, not even on processes. We must teach our talent to think for themselves, to cross over market variables and technical knowledge, so they can be empowered to design the future they imagine. 

As technology grows and becomes more intelligent, we get the impression that human labor becomes less indispensable. However, the value of our reflections is infinite in order to define what we want for our future. As a generation, we must avoid falling into the criteria of maximum productivity and abundance above value and quality. 

In this video on how we should think about our human capital, successful CEO Eric Berridge tells us how in his techn company only a very low percentage of employees are strictly engineers. He talks about how the company is composed of all kinds of professionals from different areas and that in the perspective of team growth, one must take into account diversity of all kinds: not only of gender and race, but that we must try to create teams with different backgrounds and experiences. 

The video explains, very properly, that the sciences are exact and precise, while in the humanities we find different perspectives, critical thinking and human context. “Sciences tell us how to do things, humanities give us what and why.”  

A company is not only made up of the people who generate a product, there must also be those who communicate, those who sell, those who take care of the integrity of the company, those who think beyond scientific and technological limitations, those who dream big, those who believe in a better world. The best way to move upward innovation and progress is to have a team that complements each other ideas. If all our professionals are and think alike, how can we expect to grow?

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