This is a question which came in response to what our Wizard with Words wrote on April 14. Here’s the April 27 edition of Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das. Read on…

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Q. You’ve written about the need to equip oneself with various digital bells and whistles. But what’s finally important is the skill of marketing/ sales/ creativity/ journalism, right. So, why the fear of going irrelevant?

A. May I suggest that one must not think learning can happen in silos. It creates a myopic perspective, in many cases. One loses the knowledge that emanates from the intersection of disciplines. Every discipline has the advantage/ requirements of leveraging digital for expanding possibilities of knowledge including the so-called creative professions. One can’t say this is my area where digital is irrelevant and my job can remain insulated. So, no job gets irrelevant. Rather, over-dependence or rigidity on/with existing skillsets is what creates redundancy. Instead, one should be adaptive and learn how to harness technology to enhance one’s skill. This mindset would increase one’s relevance in the job market.