By the Author of WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need To Succeed
The Interpersonal Skill is not about being liked — it is about being valued by the people who have worked beside you. Drawn from analysis of over 900 executive search specifications, this article defines the Interpersonal Skill, explains why research shows it drives 85% of career success, and connects it to Google’s Project Aristotle findings on psychological safety.
Read More…When both sides of a social media conversation are AI-generated but published under human names, what exactly are we engaging with? In “The Synthetic Engagement Loop,” Author Charlie Jett coins a term for the phenomenon quietly reshaping professional networks—and examines the controlled research showing it degrades conversation quality even for participants who never touched an AI tool. If you have suspected that LinkedIn discourse feels increasingly hollow, this article names the mechanism behind that instinct and asks what we are willing to do about it.
Read More…Introduce yourself to your AI Assistant! Most professionals type into AI tools with zero context—and get zero personality back. This article explains why introducing yourself to your AI assistant is the most productive ten minutes you will spend this week. We cover ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity with a ready-to-use template and a platform-by-platform setup table. Because the AI does not need your introduction to function. You need it to stop being generic.
Read More…In 1970, Captain James Lovell had a dead guidance computer, a gun sight, and three lives on the line. He selected the technology available, applied judgment, and brought his crew home alive. That same skill — the ability to choose the right tool for the task — is what every professional needs now. ChatGPT serves more than 800 million weekly users. The U.S. Department of Labor has formalized AI Literacy. Google’s quantum chip solved a problem in minutes that would take a supercomputer longer than the age of the universe. AI is not a new Critical Skill. Quantum computing is not a new Critical Skill. Both are powerful tools to which the Technology Skill must be applied. The judgment to choose has never mattered more.
Read More…Most first impression advice focuses on you — how you look, how you speak, how you present yourself. This article flips that entirely. Drawing on the quiet philosophy of an MIT Dean of Students and Unitarian Minister, and confirmed by modern conversation research, The Attention Advantage makes a compelling case that the most powerful impression you can leave has almost nothing to do with you. When you make another person feel genuinely seen and heard, they don’t just like you — they remember you. With two vivid real-world stories, accessible science, and a simple challenge readers can try today, this piece offers a fresh, counterintuitive take on one of professional life’s most over-coached topics.
Read More…