“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character— that is the goal of true education.”

—Martin Luther King Jr. 1948

The Challenge

young people are still unemployed

Over1 Million

of NEETs have no experience of paid work

48%of employers think that soft skills need to be increased

71%

YouthLandscape

Young people spend more time online than anyone else

74% of that time is‘just for fun’

5 MONTHS?

Character Strengths & Soft Skills

Thought Leaders• Angela Duckworth• Martin Seligman• Richard Layard• James Heckman• Felicia Huppert• Benjamin Franklin

Thinking Doing interacting

Critical Thinker Initiative Taker Natural Communicator

Fast Learner Multi Tasker Team Player

Sense Maker Flexible responder Can Doer

Creative Innovator Stress wrangler Improvement Seeker

Problem Solver Responsible leader Confident Speaker

Decision Taker Details lover Proactive Networker

Methodical worker Respectful Listener

“Nothing like this has existed before. It is an absolutely brilliant idea.”

Loved the overall look and feel - rated great or good90%Rated character strength missions & soft skills challenges very good or excellent78%

The Social Impact

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total

Visit website 332,800 499,200 832,000 1,664,000

Take survey 170,360 255,540 425,900 851,800

Undertake 1 activity 23,296 34,944 58,240 148,600

"To prepare him for the future life means to give him command of himself; it means so to train him that he will have the full and ready use of all his capacities.”

—My Pedagogic Creed, J. Dewey, 1897

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A couple of questions• How could Discoverables be integrated into other badge-friendly

programmes and platforms?• What, if anything, would need to change for the US vs UK

populations, and other countries?• What could we do with the‘big data’ we will capture around

strengths and skills development? • Who should we talk to next?