Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Anna Bjerde, Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank, sits down with Alla Ivanov, Partnerships Lead at the World Bank Group Youth Summit, to explore the foundational skills young people need in a rapidly changing world of work. They make the case that critical thinking, communication, and above all open-mindedness matter more than any fixed career plan, because the best careers are rarely linear.
Anna Bjerde, Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank, sits down with Alla Ivanov, Partnerships Lead at the World Bank Group Youth Summit, to explore the foundational skills young people need in a rapidly changing world of work. They make the case that critical thinking, communication, and above all open-mindedness matter more than any fixed career plan, because the best careers are rarely linear.
