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That’s what we’re teaching in our Executive AI course.
→ Agentic AI
→ Enterprise data strategy
→ Predictive decision-making
All the tools future-ready leaders need.
🔹 Stay ahead, don’t just follow the wave.
→ Agentic AI
→ Enterprise data strategy
→ Predictive decision-making
All the tools future-ready leaders need.
🔹 Stay ahead, don’t just follow the wave.
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
That’s what we’re teaching in our Executive AI course.
→ Agentic AI
→ Enterprise data strategy
→ Predictive decision-making
All the tools future-ready leaders need.
🔹 Stay ahead, don’t just follow the wave.
→ Agentic AI
→ Enterprise data strategy
→ Predictive decision-making
All the tools future-ready leaders need.
🔹 Stay ahead, don’t just follow the wave.
🔹 Resilience & agility
🔹 Curiosity & lifelong learning
🔹 Creative thinking
🔹 Systems thinking
🔹 Leadership & influence
The world doesn’t just need more AI experts.
It needs leaders who think with AI, not fear it.
🔹 Curiosity & lifelong learning
🔹 Creative thinking
🔹 Systems thinking
🔹 Leadership & influence
The world doesn’t just need more AI experts.
It needs leaders who think with AI, not fear it.
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🔹 Resilience & agility
🔹 Curiosity & lifelong learning
🔹 Creative thinking
🔹 Systems thinking
🔹 Leadership & influence
The world doesn’t just need more AI experts.
It needs leaders who think with AI, not fear it.
🔹 Curiosity & lifelong learning
🔹 Creative thinking
🔹 Systems thinking
🔹 Leadership & influence
The world doesn’t just need more AI experts.
It needs leaders who think with AI, not fear it.
That’s from the 🔹Future of Jobs 2025 report by the World Economic Forum.
And here’s the big shift:
86% of companies say AI and data tech will change everything.
Not someday. Now.
This isn’t just about coders.
The fastest-growing skills are:
And here’s the big shift:
86% of companies say AI and data tech will change everything.
Not someday. Now.
This isn’t just about coders.
The fastest-growing skills are:
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
That’s from the 🔹Future of Jobs 2025 report by the World Economic Forum.
And here’s the big shift:
86% of companies say AI and data tech will change everything.
Not someday. Now.
This isn’t just about coders.
The fastest-growing skills are:
And here’s the big shift:
86% of companies say AI and data tech will change everything.
Not someday. Now.
This isn’t just about coders.
The fastest-growing skills are:
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September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🚀 Final step: Keep iterating.
Prompting is more art than code.
You get better only by testing and tweaking.
This is one of the most in-demand skills.
And unlike most tech careers, you don’t need a CS degree to break in.
Prompting is more art than code.
You get better only by testing and tweaking.
This is one of the most in-demand skills.
And unlike most tech careers, you don’t need a CS degree to break in.
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚀 Final step: Keep iterating.
Prompting is more art than code.
You get better only by testing and tweaking.
This is one of the most in-demand skills.
And unlike most tech careers, you don’t need a CS degree to break in.
Prompting is more art than code.
You get better only by testing and tweaking.
This is one of the most in-demand skills.
And unlike most tech careers, you don’t need a CS degree to break in.
4️⃣ Study Prompt Frameworks
CoT (Chain of Thought)
ReAct (Reason + Action)
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
ToT (Tree of Thought)
CoT (Chain of Thought)
ReAct (Reason + Action)
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
ToT (Tree of Thought)
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
4️⃣ Study Prompt Frameworks
CoT (Chain of Thought)
ReAct (Reason + Action)
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
ToT (Tree of Thought)
CoT (Chain of Thought)
ReAct (Reason + Action)
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
ToT (Tree of Thought)
3️⃣ Build Your Technical Stack
Languages: Python, JS, APIs.
Tools: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Flowise.
Platforms: OpenAI Playground, Anthropic Console, HuggingFace.
Languages: Python, JS, APIs.
Tools: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Flowise.
Platforms: OpenAI Playground, Anthropic Console, HuggingFace.
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
3️⃣ Build Your Technical Stack
Languages: Python, JS, APIs.
Tools: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Flowise.
Platforms: OpenAI Playground, Anthropic Console, HuggingFace.
Languages: Python, JS, APIs.
Tools: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Flowise.
Platforms: OpenAI Playground, Anthropic Console, HuggingFace.
2️⃣ Practice Real Use Cases
Customer support, education, sales.
Data analysis and summarization.
Content creation, SEO, scripts.
Customer support, education, sales.
Data analysis and summarization.
Content creation, SEO, scripts.
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
2️⃣ Practice Real Use Cases
Customer support, education, sales.
Data analysis and summarization.
Content creation, SEO, scripts.
Customer support, education, sales.
Data analysis and summarization.
Content creation, SEO, scripts.
1️⃣ Learn the Foundations
Understand how LLMs work.
Experiment with zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting.
Read papers. Play with models.
Understand how LLMs work.
Experiment with zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting.
Read papers. Play with models.
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
1️⃣ Learn the Foundations
Understand how LLMs work.
Experiment with zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting.
Read papers. Play with models.
Understand how LLMs work.
Experiment with zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting.
Read papers. Play with models.
It’s not just “talking to chatbots.”
It’s crafting precise prompts that guide AI models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini.
It’s designing workflows, debugging outputs, and mixing psychology, logic, and coding to get useful results.
If you want to start, focus on 4 areas:
It’s crafting precise prompts that guide AI models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini.
It’s designing workflows, debugging outputs, and mixing psychology, logic, and coding to get useful results.
If you want to start, focus on 4 areas:
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It’s not just “talking to chatbots.”
It’s crafting precise prompts that guide AI models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini.
It’s designing workflows, debugging outputs, and mixing psychology, logic, and coding to get useful results.
If you want to start, focus on 4 areas:
It’s crafting precise prompts that guide AI models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini.
It’s designing workflows, debugging outputs, and mixing psychology, logic, and coding to get useful results.
If you want to start, focus on 4 areas:
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The Curiosity Pathway | Sufyan Maan, M.Eng | Substack
Former Tech Director, now writing The Pathway, a newsletter offering curiosity-driven lessons and personal experiments on understanding AI, business, history, and mindset. I also enjoy long walks, books, & black coffee. Click to read The Curiosity Pathway, by Sufyan Maan, M.Eng, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
sufyanmaan.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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🔹 13. Read between the lines
Spot problems before they’re spoken.
🔹 14. Absorb pressure
Be the calm in chaos. That’s leadership.
The best career move?
Invest in skills that never show up on your résumé.
💬 What’s one underrated skill you’ve learned the hard way?
Spot problems before they’re spoken.
🔹 14. Absorb pressure
Be the calm in chaos. That’s leadership.
The best career move?
Invest in skills that never show up on your résumé.
💬 What’s one underrated skill you’ve learned the hard way?
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🔹 13. Read between the lines
Spot problems before they’re spoken.
🔹 14. Absorb pressure
Be the calm in chaos. That’s leadership.
The best career move?
Invest in skills that never show up on your résumé.
💬 What’s one underrated skill you’ve learned the hard way?
Spot problems before they’re spoken.
🔹 14. Absorb pressure
Be the calm in chaos. That’s leadership.
The best career move?
Invest in skills that never show up on your résumé.
💬 What’s one underrated skill you’ve learned the hard way?
🔹 9. Say “no” with confidence
Protect priorities without guilt.
🔹 10. Learn beyond your job title
Stretch projects = real growth.
🔹 11. Own your mistakes
No blaming. Just improving.
🔹 12. Follow up like a pro
Trust is built in the follow-through.
Protect priorities without guilt.
🔹 10. Learn beyond your job title
Stretch projects = real growth.
🔹 11. Own your mistakes
No blaming. Just improving.
🔹 12. Follow up like a pro
Trust is built in the follow-through.
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🔹 9. Say “no” with confidence
Protect priorities without guilt.
🔹 10. Learn beyond your job title
Stretch projects = real growth.
🔹 11. Own your mistakes
No blaming. Just improving.
🔹 12. Follow up like a pro
Trust is built in the follow-through.
Protect priorities without guilt.
🔹 10. Learn beyond your job title
Stretch projects = real growth.
🔹 11. Own your mistakes
No blaming. Just improving.
🔹 12. Follow up like a pro
Trust is built in the follow-through.
Your growth compounds when theirs does too.
🔹 7. Write simply
Clear writing = clear thinking.
(McKinsey found strong writing boosts promotion odds.)
🔹 8. Show empathy
Listen. Understand. Respond with heart.
(Studies show empathy raises team performance by 40%.)
🔹 7. Write simply
Clear writing = clear thinking.
(McKinsey found strong writing boosts promotion odds.)
🔹 8. Show empathy
Listen. Understand. Respond with heart.
(Studies show empathy raises team performance by 40%.)
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Your growth compounds when theirs does too.
🔹 7. Write simply
Clear writing = clear thinking.
(McKinsey found strong writing boosts promotion odds.)
🔹 8. Show empathy
Listen. Understand. Respond with heart.
(Studies show empathy raises team performance by 40%.)
🔹 7. Write simply
Clear writing = clear thinking.
(McKinsey found strong writing boosts promotion odds.)
🔹 8. Show empathy
Listen. Understand. Respond with heart.
(Studies show empathy raises team performance by 40%.)
🔹 3. Treat everyone as equals
Titles don’t define worth. Respect does.
🔹 4. Protect your time ruthlessly
Boundaries = focus = results.
🔹 5. Focus on results, not optics
Don’t look busy. Be effective.
🔹 6. Help your teammates
Titles don’t define worth. Respect does.
🔹 4. Protect your time ruthlessly
Boundaries = focus = results.
🔹 5. Focus on results, not optics
Don’t look busy. Be effective.
🔹 6. Help your teammates
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🔹 3. Treat everyone as equals
Titles don’t define worth. Respect does.
🔹 4. Protect your time ruthlessly
Boundaries = focus = results.
🔹 5. Focus on results, not optics
Don’t look busy. Be effective.
🔹 6. Help your teammates
Titles don’t define worth. Respect does.
🔹 4. Protect your time ruthlessly
Boundaries = focus = results.
🔹 5. Focus on results, not optics
Don’t look busy. Be effective.
🔹 6. Help your teammates
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• Reconstruct with new solutions and insights.
First-Principles Thinking isn’t just for rocket science. It’s a life skill.
You can use it to learn, solve problems, and innovate in any field.
Takeaways:
• Dismantle complex challenges.
• Focus on facts
First-Principles Thinking isn’t just for rocket science. It’s a life skill.
You can use it to learn, solve problems, and innovate in any field.
Takeaways:
• Dismantle complex challenges.
• Focus on facts
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
• Reconstruct with new solutions and insights.
First-Principles Thinking isn’t just for rocket science. It’s a life skill.
You can use it to learn, solve problems, and innovate in any field.
Takeaways:
• Dismantle complex challenges.
• Focus on facts
First-Principles Thinking isn’t just for rocket science. It’s a life skill.
You can use it to learn, solve problems, and innovate in any field.
Takeaways:
• Dismantle complex challenges.
• Focus on facts
Start small and use it to solve ANY complex problem or learn something new.
Here’s the simple 4-step method:
• Define what you want to understand.
• Identify the most basic principles.
• Deconstruct the problem or skill to its essentials.
Here’s the simple 4-step method:
• Define what you want to understand.
• Identify the most basic principles.
• Deconstruct the problem or skill to its essentials.
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Start small and use it to solve ANY complex problem or learn something new.
Here’s the simple 4-step method:
• Define what you want to understand.
• Identify the most basic principles.
• Deconstruct the problem or skill to its essentials.
Here’s the simple 4-step method:
• Define what you want to understand.
• Identify the most basic principles.
• Deconstruct the problem or skill to its essentials.
• They could make the parts in-house for less.
• By reusing rocket stages, they could reduce launch costs by 90%+!
This saved millions and disrupted the space industry.
Applying First-Principles Thinking to YOUR Life:
• By reusing rocket stages, they could reduce launch costs by 90%+!
This saved millions and disrupted the space industry.
Applying First-Principles Thinking to YOUR Life:
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
• They could make the parts in-house for less.
• By reusing rocket stages, they could reduce launch costs by 90%+!
This saved millions and disrupted the space industry.
Applying First-Principles Thinking to YOUR Life:
• By reusing rocket stages, they could reduce launch costs by 90%+!
This saved millions and disrupted the space industry.
Applying First-Principles Thinking to YOUR Life:
This way, you're not just memorizing—you're constructing a deep knowledge of the language.
So, how did Musk save millions with SpaceX?
In aerospace, outsourcing is standard because rocket parts are costly and specialized.
First-principles thinking revealed:
So, how did Musk save millions with SpaceX?
In aerospace, outsourcing is standard because rocket parts are costly and specialized.
First-principles thinking revealed:
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This way, you're not just memorizing—you're constructing a deep knowledge of the language.
So, how did Musk save millions with SpaceX?
In aerospace, outsourcing is standard because rocket parts are costly and specialized.
First-principles thinking revealed:
So, how did Musk save millions with SpaceX?
In aerospace, outsourcing is standard because rocket parts are costly and specialized.
First-principles thinking revealed:
Instead, use first-principles:
• Break down a language into:PronunciationGrammarVocabulary
• Start with the alphabet, build on basic grammar rules, and finally, learn core vocabulary.
• Break down a language into:PronunciationGrammarVocabulary
• Start with the alphabet, build on basic grammar rules, and finally, learn core vocabulary.
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Instead, use first-principles:
• Break down a language into:PronunciationGrammarVocabulary
• Start with the alphabet, build on basic grammar rules, and finally, learn core vocabulary.
• Break down a language into:PronunciationGrammarVocabulary
• Start with the alphabet, build on basic grammar rules, and finally, learn core vocabulary.