Prof. Frederik Anseel is the Dean of Business and Management and Chair Professor of Management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). With more than 15 years of global academic leadership experience, he has served in key leadership positions, including Dean of the University of New South Wales Business School and Vice Dean at King’s College London. He is also a leading organizational psychology scholar, recognized through numerous awards and fellowships. His current research focuses on AI and the future of work.

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Rethinking ‘Uniquely Human': Why our AI Skill Strategy is Fragile

Not a single conversation among business leaders happens these days without the same words being thrown around: creativity, empathy, curiosity, critical thinking. Since ChatGPT's arrival, we’ve comforted ourselves by listing the "uniquely human skills" that AI won’t be able to touch. But do we actually know what these skills look like in practice? More importantly, do we know how to assess or develop them? Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology, I argue that our current skill strategy is fragile because these traits are far less understood than we assume. Re-evaluating how we build these capabilities is urgent if the next generation is to play a meaningful role in the AI economy.