Human Excellence in the AI Age, Part 1: A Soft Skills Course

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Human Excellence in the AI Age, Part 1, is a transformative soft skills course designed to help professionals thrive alongside rapidly evolving AI technologies. While AI continues to automate technical and routine tasks, this course focuses on uniquely human strengths such as emotional intelligence, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and adaptability — skills that remain vital in the AI-driven workplace. Through interactive lessons and practical exercises, you’ll develop capabilities that enhance collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving, enabling you to complement AI tools rather...

Syllabus

Welcome to Human Excellence in the AI Age!

Welcome to Human Excellence in the AI Age Part 1, an exploration into the intersection of human potential and artificial intelligence (AI). In this module, we will lay the foundation for understanding the evolving relationship between humans and AI and how individuals and organizations can strive for excellence in this rapidly changing landscape. In this module, you'll meet your faculty, Edward D. Hess, author of 14 books and Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Finally, you'll familiarize yourself with the course structure - video lessons combined with reflection questions and checks for understanding that is designed to you familiarize yourself with the course so you can make the most of your course experience.

Human Excellence in the AI Age

Welcome to the Human Excellence in the AI Age module. This module addresses the challenges of work in the AI Age and the need to reman relevant - to not be automated out of a job. In this module, we will explore the skills that separate humans from technology (i.e.. critical thinking, relationship-building, problem solving) and the need for humans to become highly adaptive learners. Finally, we will discuss the biggest inhibitors of our ability to learn at the pace of change and the need for a new way of working to achieve success in the AI Age.

Managing Your Ego - Quieting Your Mind and Body

Welcome to the Managing Your Ego - Quieting Your Mind and Body module. Our ego and our fear are the two biggest inhibitors of our ability to adapt and grow. In this module, we explore how mastery of self (both mind and body) enables us to become highly adaptive learners. We can overcome the limitations of our ego and fear by embracing humility and a new definition of smart. Using a variety of tools (daily meditation, mindfulness practice, coherent breathing) we are able to quiet our minds and master our physical reactions to stress, creating space to become a highly adaptive learner.