We are living through a time of great transformation where we are tasked with imagining how we can live in harmony with nature and one another. The path we've been on, especially in the past 60 years of consumption-driven economics, is stressing the planet and causing global crises related to pollution and degradation of our air, land, water, forests, ecosystems, and societies.

To overcome these issues, we are in the process of developing an evolving design of commerce where people and the planet thrive in the process of creating and consuming products and services. This requires different skillsets and ways of thinking and being than any other time in the history of humankind. We need to harvest the best of everything we know, undo the worst practices affecting people and the planet, and create a future that is brighter for everyone.

Our learning journeys are designed to upskill individuals and workforces to become sustainability leaders that identify and solve problems for people and the planet while building purpose-driven organizations that create value across all stakeholders. Leaders that take bold action and influence others to adopt to new ways of being that create a cleaner, greener, more beautiful and prosperous world.

Evolution University's courses map to the top skills and competencies for today and the future. According to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Future of Jobs Report for today through 2030, the most important skills are those that empower people to be agents of change. This is radically different than previous reports that were more focused on specific job roles than the qualities of thinking and being. The following list of skills represent ones that are developed in our courses today and include 21 of the top 25 WEF skills and expanded to 32 to address additional skills related to sustainability leadership.

In 2022, Microsoft and Boston Consulting Group released their Talent and Skills Survey, a culmination of intensive research into 15 companies on the forefront of sustainability innovation and change. The research identifies a global skilling crisis for cognitive competencies represented by systems, circular, futures, and design thinking, where Evolution University adds strategic thinking to the set.

Evolution University's sustainability curriculum is grounded in mindsets that represent attitudes, beliefs, and skills that need to be developed within ourselves and demonstrated through actions, behaviors, and decision making. These mindsets are integrated into all of our educational offerings, showing what is valued within ourselves and manifested in the outer environments.

In 2020, our founder, Joni Roberts, identified five mindsets that help us imagine and take action to achieve sustainability: global, compassion, abundance, growth, and changemaker. These mindsets were cultivated and taught for 15 years as a business professor across diverse courses from leadership and organizational behavior to innovation and sustainability to global strategy. The mindsets map to the top skills and competencies needed for sustainability leaders as well as those they influence throughout organizations, within communities, and across supply chains.