As technological change accelerates and societies struggle to adapt, the toughest infrastructure gap emerging is human capacity, and there is no shared way to measure progress. This Signal Salon organized by Diplomatic Courier and the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) convenes education leaders, policymakers, technologists, and institutional actors to explore how a new global capability framework can be defined, measured, and implemented at speed. Participants will examine the New Foundational Literacies framework and its companion Acceleration Readiness Index (ARI), interrogating both from multiple perspectives.
The session is part of Diplomatic Courier’s Capital Dialogues alongside the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings and aims to identify critical capability gaps, friction points, and opportunities for coordinated action across systems that rarely move together.
Among the questions to be addressed:
- How do we operationalize capabilities like critical reasoning, systems thinking, and AI fluency across diverse national contexts?
- What incentives are needed for governments to prioritize human capability as core infrastructure?
Disclaimer: To help share the ideas and conversations that emerge from our gatherings, portions of this event may be photographed or recorded. By attending, you grant Diplomatic Courier permission to capture and use your voice, likeness, name, and/or biography in audio, video, or photographic materials (“Appearance and Recording”).
