AI Skills 2026

Learn what AI skills are essential in 2026, from prompt engineering to AI governance. Keynote by Remy Gieling, co-author of 7 AI books.

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AI Skills 2026: What skills does your team need?

2026 will be the year of man

While the headlines are filled with reports about AI taking over jobs, the data tells a more nuanced story. Research by Workera shows that 2026 will be the year of man — AI hasn't worked as autonomously as we thought, and the focus is shifting to how AI reinforces rather than replaces human workflows.

In this keynote, you'll learn what skills your team needs to thrive in the AI era — and how to create a culture where people and machines reinforce each other.

The skills revolution in numbers

39% of core skills changes by 2030 (World Economic Forum)
56% of the workforce needs reskilling
7x growth in demand for AI fluency skills
79% of employers says critical thinking is the most important skill

Four categories of AI skills

1. AI interaction skills (for everyone)

Here are the basic skills that every knowledge worker needs:

Prompt engineering — Communicate effectively with AI systems
AI output evaluation — Critically assess whether AI answers are correct
Human AI task delegation — Know when to use AI and when not
Context engineering — Provide the right context for better results

2. Technical AI skills (for specialists)

For IT, data teams and AI champions:

Multi-agent orchestration — Make multiple AI agents work together
MCP integrations — Model Context Protocol for tool connections
AI system governance — Compliance, security and auditability
Low-code automation — Build workflows without in-depth programming knowledge

3. Human differentiation skills

Skills that AI can't take over:

Conflict resolution and negotiation
Design thinking and creativity
Stakeholder management
Coaching and Mentoring
Strategic judgement

4. Job-specific AI skills

AI-Skill Focus Department, RAI-assisted recruitment, digital employee management, Finance, automated reconciliation, AI-driven forecasting, Salesai-driven lead scoring, personalized outreach, customer service agent supervision, escalation intuition, legal contract review automation, compliance monitoring

The shift: from task executor to strategic director

McKinsey's research on the collaboration between humans, agents and robots shows a fundamental shift in how we organize work:

Formerly: People perform tasks, managers coordinate.

Now: AI agents perform routine tasks, people supervise and make adjustments.

Soon: People define goals and boundaries; AI agents decide how to achieve them.

This requires new leadership competencies:

Clearly formulate goals — What should be the result?
Set limits — Where is the agent not allowed to go?
Escalation intuition — When should a person intervene?
Systems thinking — How are processes and agents related?

Our approach: AI as a Personal Operating System

At The AI Group, we don't see AI as a separate tool, but as a personal operating system that transforms the entire way you work. We train organizations in:

Vibe coding — Generate code with natural language
Low-code automation — Build workflows without programming knowledge
Advanced prompting — Chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, context engineering
Multi-tool mastery — Make optimal use of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Mistral

Who is this keynote for?

HR directors who need to do workforce planning
L&D professionals that develop training courses
Managers who want to prepare their teams
Individual professionals who want to future-proof their career

What you bring

A clear framework of the four AI skill categories
Self-assessment: where are you and your team?
Concrete learning paths per function
Insight into which skills actually make AI more valuable

FAQs

Which AI skills are essential in 2026?
Four categories: AI interaction skills (for everyone), technical AI skills (for specialists), human differentiation skills, and job-specific AI skills.

Is AI taking over jobs?
AI takes over tasks, not jobs. The question is: what new tasks will be added? Organizations that take reskilling seriously see productivity gains and higher employee satisfaction.

How do I start AI training in my organization?
Start with an AI-fluency baseline assessment, identify champions, and build a learning journey that combines theory with practice.

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