Future-proof

“Students can show and educate themselves on why we are doing things in the business world. So that we are not only focusing on how, but also why. Learning the theoretical underpinnings of the business world. Their education becomes more future-proof this way. Students don’t only educate themselves on the problems of today, but they understand why they have to solve challenges today, and that will allow them to tackle challenges of the future.

In the business disciplines, everybody is speaking about artificial intelligence, machine learning, robots, but the value of being able to think and argue is not going to decrease. The repetitive tasks that we do will be done by robots in the future. To teach how to hold the hammer when you’re trying to hammer a nail—that will be less valuable in the future because, for all those simple things that everyone can understand, there will be another solution. Rather, being creative, also being able to apply theoretical knowledge—I doubt that this will go out of fashion.”

(Timo Korkeamäki)