# This Is the One Skill Designers Need to Develop Most in 2020  ## Metadata - Author: [[Fast Company]] - Full Title: This Is the One Skill Designers Need to Develop Most in 2020 - Category: #articles - URL: https://medium.com/p/c0ee1bb82955 ## Highlights - Design is not art. The value systems are different. The skills required are different. A designer needs to understand the world, business models (margins, basic finance, and accounting), marketing, sales, manufacturing, and service. - We need designers who can tackle major social issues. Designers whose creative thinking can move us forward. Designers who recognize that no single discipline can solve the major problems facing us; instead it will require that designers work with scientists, engineers, businesspeople, ethicists, planners, developers, and politicians.