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How to Develop Future-Ready Skills with GenAI

Krystyna Jarek, Innovation & AI Expert
26/06/2025

Stop passively watching the job market change — start actively shaping your skills with the help of AI.

In this hands-on guide, we’ll show you how to use Generative AI as a personal coach to build three essential future skills: analytical thinking, creativity, and strategic agility.

You’ll find powerful, ready-to-use prompts to help you begin training immediately — turning theory into practical mastery.

This is your first step toward building a lasting competitive advantage.

How Can You Train Analytical Thinking, Creativity, and Agility Using AI? [+ Practical Prompts]

The job market is changing at a pace that would have sounded like science fiction just a decade ago.

Skills that once guaranteed success are quickly becoming outdated.

It’s natural to feel uncertain in this kind of environment.

But what if we told you that you already have access to a personal coach — available 24/7 — who can help you build the most in-demand skills for the future?

That coach is Generative AI.

The key lies in how you use it.

Instead of asking it for quick facts, you need to challenge it — and yourself — with tasks that require real thinking.

Here are three future-critical skills and practical prompts you can use today to train them with AI.

Skill #1: Analytical Thinking

In an age of information overload, the ability to think logically, spot patterns, and draw sound conclusions is more valuable than ever.

Analytical thinking means using logic and reasoning to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

With the right prompt, AI can become your data analyst.

Practice Prompt:

Copy and adapt the prompt below by adding your data or a short description of the situation you want to analyse.

“You are a senior data analyst with 20 years of experience in the [insert your industry] sector.

Here is the data about [describe the dataset or issue, e.g., a drop in sales last quarter — you can use public reports or available statistics].

Your task is to identify three key patterns and two significant anomalies and suggest one bold business hypothesis that isn’t immediately obvious.

Present your findings in a clear and structured way.”

Skill #2: Creativity and Imagination

Repetitive tasks are becoming automated.

What remains uniquely human is the ability to create something genuinely new.

Creativity is the skill of generating unusual or unexpected ideas by seeing things from a fresh perspective and combining knowledge with innovation.

Imagination allows us to form mental concepts that don’t yet exist.

When prompted correctly, AI is the perfect partner for triggering such creative connections.

Practice Prompt:

Use this prompt to break free from routine thinking and generate fresh, original concepts.

“Your task is to develop an innovative concept by combining two unrelated fields: [insert a first field, e.g.’ Stoic philosophy’] and [insert a second field, e.g. ‘IT project management’].

Create an outline for a new methodology based on this fusion.

Give it a catchy name, describe its three core principles, and provide one example of how it could be used in a software development team.”

Skill #3: Strategic Thinking and Cognitive Flexibility

In an unpredictable world, success doesn’t go to those who stick rigidly to the plan — it goes to those who can adapt quickly and think ahead.

Strategic thinking is seeing the bigger picture and designing long-term plans that deliver results efficiently.

Cognitive flexibility complements this by allowing one to easily shift between different problems, perspectives, or sets of rules.

Use AI to simulate the role of a strategist who must respond to fast-changing market conditions.

Practice Prompt:

Apply this scenario to sharpen your strategic thinking in a crisis setting:

“You are the chief strategist at a consulting firm. Your client, [describe the company], has just learned that its main competitor has cut prices on key products by 30%.

The board is leaning toward launching a price war.

Your task is to propose three alternative, long-term strategic responses to this move — avoiding direct price cuts.

For each strategy, explain the mechanism, potential benefits, and key risks.”

From Training to Mastery

The prompts above are just a starting point — a glimpse of what’s possible when you use AI to support your development.

They’re powerful exercises, but true transformation comes from a consistent approach and structured programme that strengthens your skill set over time.

Testing these prompts is an excellent first step toward mastery.

But lasting growth doesn’t come from collecting formulas—it comes from developing the ability to craft one’s own strategic provocations.

Imagine having a personalised set of mental models and AI-powered “training routines” for each core future skill — from systems thinking and problem discovery to cognitive flexibility.

That’s precisely what our programme is built around.

The AI Academy is a strategic training ground where you don’t just receive ready-made tools — you learn how to create your own, tailored to your unique business challenges.

The structured development of these — and many other — future skills is at the heart of our flagship programme.

Join the AI Academy: Future Skills with AI and make this learning journey part of your professional DNA.

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What makes AI your growth accelerator?

Many participants are surprised by how powerful and versatile AI can be as a development partner.

Developing future-ready skills with the help of AI isn’t just about learning how to use new tools — it’s about unlocking your potential.

That “wow” factor is what makes the process so effective.

With GenAI, learning becomes more interactive, engaging, and productive.

Instead of passively absorbing knowledge, you actively experiment and develop your abilities in partnership with an intelligent assistant, which helps you reach mastery faster in your key focus areas.

AI Academy: Future Skills with AI

  • Edition: July 2025
  • Programme Start Date: 10 July 2025 (live sessions held on Thursdays: 10.07, 17.07, 24.07, 31.07)
  • Standard Price: 890 PLN
  • Early Bird Price: 790 PLN (valid until 4 July 2025 or while places last)

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Krystyna Jarek, Innovation & AI Expert

Krystyna Jarek, Innovation & AI Expert

Founder & CEO of Booster of Innovation. Former Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Central Europe and ex-Innovation Lead at ING Bank. With her extensive experience, she develops AI strategies for companies, builds professional innovation management systems, and helps organisations strengthen future-ready capabilities. Clients of Booster of Innovation include ING Bank, BNP Paribas, Motorola Solutions, Orange Polska, Polpharma, Tauron, among others.
Krystyna Jarek

Krystyna Jarek

Innovation & AI Expert

I am an expert in growing businesses through innovation and AI. I create our proprietary programmes such as Innovation360, AI in Business and Innovation Briefing to support leaders in building profitable organisations. I have worked for companies such as Deloitte CE (Chief Innovation Officer), ING Bank, Motorola Solutions, Orange Polska, Polpharma, Tauron and others.

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