How I Work The 5 skills that will get you promoted this year, with Tim Duggan
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Feb 25, 2026 Tim Duggan, bestselling author and commentator on the future of work, outlines five skills employers now prize. He covers why judgment matters as AI accelerates, how storytelling makes ideas stick, collaborating effectively with AI, the need to unlearn outdated habits, and practical conflict-management moves. Short, actionable discussion on what to pick and practice next.
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Run Pre-Mortems And Avoid Whether Or Not Choices
- Use pre-mortems and avoid binary whether-or-not decisions to strengthen judgment.
- Amantha Imber describes running pre-mortems for big choices and using Heath brothers' tip to generate multiple alternatives.
Storytelling Rises As A Differentiator
- Storytelling demand is rising because AI creates generic, median content that blends into noise.
- Tim Duggan cites a Wall Street Journal finding that job listings containing 'storyteller' doubled in a year to ~70,000 in the US.
Use And But Therefore For Clear Stories
- Use the simple And But Therefore structure to craft memorable workplace stories.
- Amantha Imber explains: set the scene (and), introduce tension (but), then deliver the lesson or outcome (therefore).
