Podcast Readiness Statement: Best for: Talent Development professionals, Learning and Development teams, HR professionals, trainers, managers, and contributors who want to prepare people for an AI-enabled workplace. Current challenge: Many organizations focus on AI tools but overlook the human competencies and intrinsic motivations that enable people to learn, collaborate, and adapt. Expected payoff: You’ll discover the AI competencies highlighted by Katja Schipperheijn, understand how they connect to Professor Steven Reiss’s 16 fundamental motivators and the Reiss Motivation Profile®, and learn why Talent Development 2.0 begins with understanding people before developing their skills. It’s Time to Do The Chores! What are the human competencies AI cannot replace, and why do they matter more than ever? In this episode of AI Chore Cast, we explore how Talent Development 2.0 moves beyond traditional leadership development to build stronger collaborators for the modern workplace. Drawing from Katja Schipperheijn’s book, Learning Ecosystems, Steven Reiss’s book, Who Am I?, the Reiss Motivation Profile®, and the DTC Academy talent development strategy, this episode connects AI readiness to the people skills that help individuals learn, adapt, collaborate, and create meaningful change. The competencies discussed from Schipperheijn’s book, include curiosity, openness, entrepreneurship, resilience, optimism, empathy, and consilience. These competencies matter because AI can support knowledge work, but people still need to ask better questions, stay open to change, solve problems creatively, recover from setbacks, understand others, and connect ideas across different fields. This episode also connects these competencies identified by Schipperheijn to Steven Reiss’s 16 fundamental motivators, measured through the Reiss Motivation Profile®: acceptance, beauty, curiosity, eating, family, honor, idealism, independence, order, physical activity, power, saving, social contact, status, tranquility, and vengeance. These motivators help explain what drives human behavior, values, relationships, and workplace collaboration. At Doing The Chores Academy, we believe AI can accelerate learning, but lasting success still depends on developing the human capabilities that help people collaborate, innovate, and grow in the future of work. Ready to discover what motivates you? The Reiss Motivation Profile® is one of the world’s leading scientifically validated assessments of intrinsic motivation. Complete the assessment and receive a personalized report plus a one-hour coaching session with David Elser to help you better understand your motivations and apply them to your career, work relationships, and personal growth. Learn more at DoingTheChores.com References: Elser, D. R. (2024). Doing The Chores: Creating The Groundwork For Success. Reiss, S. (2000). Who Am I? The 16 Basic Desires That Motivate Our Actions and Define Our Personalities. Berkley Books. Schipperheijn, K. (2022). Learning Ecosystems: Creating Innovative, Lean and Tech-Driven Learning Strategies. Kogan Page. Thanks for reading Doing The Chores Academy! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doingthechoresacademy.substack.com
