Artificial intelligence has scrambled career plans for professionals. So much is unknown about what an AI-driven career will look like even five years from now. A recent post by Professor Scott Galloway reminded me of this, as he presented his Three Cs for Being Professionally Irreplaceable.
In a quirk of our language, I read about and subsequently posted, six years ago, The Four Cs of Career Success on my employer’s Career’s blog. The origin of those four Cs was an essay two years earlier on the website of the National Education Association.
Do all elements of professional success have to begin with a “C?”
I encourage you to read Prof. Galloway’s post, which includes some additional opinions and links to resources from members of his editorial team. Here’s a comparison of skill priorities in 2017 compared to today:
Are you as surprised as I am at the loss of Critial Thinking? I certainly am! True, critical thinking is becoming a strength of AI. But honestly, is this something we want to delegate?
I wasn’t surprised by this new one: Connectivity. It is arguably a synthesis of Collaboration and Communication. But I must say that in terms of being protected from the drone-like search-and-destroy of professional careers that AI is threatening to unleash, Curation is definitely essential. It’s actually what I’m doing here, by recommending Galloway’s impressive post and all the links to valuable insights and perspectives contained therein.
If I were to add a fourth to the new list, it would be Compassion. If we as both professionals and citizens do not exercise this trait, I promise you AI won’t fill the gap.