Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast #86: Future-Proof Your Mind: 5 essential Executive Function Skills
May 6, 2025
Discover the top 5 executive function skills set to shape the job market in the coming years. Learn how planning, focus, and cognitive flexibility are essential in today’s competitive landscape. Explore the interplay between human strengths, like those found in neurodiversity, and the capabilities of AI. Gain practical strategies, including the SEE ME approach, to enhance your skills. Plus, find out how to leverage AI as a tool for developing critical thinking and creativity. Equip yourself for a future where adaptability is key!
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Analytical Thinking Tops The List
- The World Economic Forum ranks analytical thinking as the top skill needed during AI adoption.
- Analytical thinking means analyzing complex problems, finding patterns, and developing solutions.
Skills Are Executive Functions
- The report's top eight skills map closely to executive functions like working memory and cognitive flexibility.
- Darius argues lacking these will risk jobs being automated by AI.
AI Pushes Work Up The Stack
- AI will shift many technical tasks upward into executive roles where humans must direct and decide.
- Workers who embrace executive functions can become 'executive' editors or managers of AI outputs.
