Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

The Future Focuses on Durable Skills

The Future Focuses on Durable Skills
Explore how durable skills are vital for thriving in an automation-driven future and why they will outlast technical expertise.

“durable skills—my preferred term—are essential. And in an automation-focused future, they’ll be even more so.”

The Soft Skills “Debate” Is Over


Featured writing

When your brilliant idea meets organizational reality: a survival guide

Transform your brilliant tech ideas into reality by navigating organizational challenges and overcoming hidden resistance with this essential survival guide.

Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything

How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.

AI as Coach: Transforming Professional and Continuing Education

Transform professional and continuing education with AI-driven coaching, offering personalized support, accountability, and skill mastery at scale.

Books

The Work of Being (in progress)

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The Practice of Work (in progress)

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

Recent writing

Start, ship, close, sum up: rituals that make work resolve

Most knowledge work never finishes. It just stops. The start, ship, close, and sum-up methodology creates deliberate moments that turn continuous work into resolved units.

Notes and related thinking

Boosting Productivity with AI

Unlock your potential by leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and streamline workflows for you and your team.

Leading for Digital Culture Creation

Empower your organization by embracing digital culture; learn how effective leadership fosters intentional decision-making and nurtures innovation.

Discover how generative AI is more likely to augment jobs rather than replace them, transforming tasks and creating new opportunities for efficiency and innovation.

Explore how generative AI enhances jobs by automating tasks, fostering efficiency, and creating new opportunities instead of replacing human roles.