Tools for Transforming from VUCA World to BANI World: A Case of Educational Sector in Thailand
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This paper aims to identify key skills for transformation from a VUCA world to a BANI world and how the Thai educational system can prepare students for this transformation. The VUCA world, which is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, is rapidly giving way in the post-pandemic period to a BANI world, which is brittle, anxious, nonlinear and incomprehensible. The BANI world is increasingly chaotic, with challenges that are completely unknown and cannot be predicted. While this is a relatively new concept, it is clear that there are tools that can be used to respond to the BANI world, including resilience and slack, alertness, mindfulness and empathy, adaptability and flexibility, and tools like data literacy, media literacy, and critical thinking. Today, the Thai educational system has gap and lack of some ability to promote and develop competent skills in students, as they have not been a priority in the past. Thus, the recommendation of this paper is that the educational system should be redeveloped to promote these skills from earlier or beginning stage such as early childhood.
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