Stress management, empathy, flexibility, which « soft skills » has a person? A viewer can now measure them: how it works
Soft Lab is a tool created by the Catholic University with Thimus, a company specialized in neuroscience: it identifies responses to certain stimuli by providing « more objective data than self -sectors »
The soft skills? Today I am increasingly important and requested by companies. And many times we do not realize what are those with. The researcher Emanuele Patti, a young graduate in business economics in Cattolica, together with Mario Ubiali, founder of Thimus and Professor Franca Cantoni in collaboration with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Thimus, a reality specialized in neuroscience has conceived Soft Lab, currently still in the experimental phase. The goal is to measure and enhance the person’s soft skills and talent in an innovative, inclusive and engaging way through a neurovisor Actually augmented and neuroscientific headbands.
But how does it work? «Soft Lab, a scientific tool that integrates with traditional evaluation methods, deals with stimulate the individual through virtual reality and analyze the neurophysiological response via electroencephalogram. We analyze neurophysiological responses by offering a quantitative and innovative method for the measurement of transversal skills. We are convinced that we can provide the market with an instrument capable of investigating and measuring a system of deeper and objective data compared to the self -declared ones And those obtained by observational phases (not in a replacement perspective, but complementary and supplementary) »says Emanuele Patti, Co-Founder and CEO of Soft Lab.
The skills identified and that can be enhanced
Neurophysiological responses can be connected directly to four different soft skills: The ability to manage stress, the opennessthe Active participation capacityinvolvement and concentrationthe ability to manage mental effort.
«The result of the Soft Lab measurement is a badge that contains data, interpretations and useful indications to guide individuals and companies in personalized development and organizational optimization paths. Among the main objectives of the analysis of these data are the optimization of performance and the enhancement of organizational well -being. We developed a VR with 4 virtual environments, designed to stimulate the individual in different contexts: individual work, team work, relational task and analytical task »adds Patti.
