A Quick Guide to

The human skills needed to thrive in an AI-powered world

Focusing attention on self management: control of one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions

  • Self awareness

  • Self regulation

  • Self control

  • Attention

  • Focus

Learning to play well with others

The people skills necessary for effective communication, collaboration, relationships, and teamwork, including:

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Social-emotional skills

  • Active listening

  • Language

  • Empathy

Seeing the world as a question mark

The curiosity skills necessary to strive for a better understanding of how the world works, including:

  • Questioning

  • Curiosity

  • Inquisitiveness

Self Motivation: Applying the power of will

Motivation skills that include:

  • Dedication & drive

  • Commitment & conscientiousness

  • Grit & gumption

  • Persistence & perserverance

  • Get-the-job-done, can-do, go-getter attitudes

Putting wiggles to work through embodied learning

Physical and intellectual restlessness embodied by agile “movers and shakers” who take action, set stretch goals, and actively reach for the stars

  • Physical & intellectual restlessness

  • Agility

  • Taking action

  • Embodied learning

Raising the next generation to be fit to fail

The adaptability skills that build and foster:

  • Intelligent risk-taking

  • Learning from failure

  • Resilience

  • Adaptability

  • Agility

Imaginings a world of possibilities

The possibility skills that allow us to understand no just how the world is, but envision how it could be. They include:

  • Innovation

  • Imagination

  • Creativity

  • Open-Mindedness

  • Out-of-the-box thinking

  • Hope