ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic reinforced changes that had been taking place over the past decade. These changes were triggered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The 4IR does affect the industry and the human being as we know it. In this way, it is not hard to envision a society where technology is so developed and integrated into our lives that it increases humanity's capacity and threshold for human intelligence, cognition, and physical abilities. This research proposes a teaching–learning framework for the techno-humanist ecosystem by developing the demanded soft skills with the design process methodology. The first step of this research is to understand the essential elements to conceptualise a framework. To reach this objective, we started with a systematic review of the literature to analyse, and the second item is understanding the evolution of job offer asking for soft skills. We are investigating soft skills, design thinking and digital humanism, and the job market evolution. Then, considering the state of the art, this research will study how those ideas converge and affect each other. Finally, the primary outcome of this research will be a visual matrix representing the point of junction of these concepts. It will help to build the initial elements of a framework of a teaching–learning model that can help adapt to and face the challenges of a human-digital society. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.