AI+ Skills Pyramid

Find the AI skills each level of your organisation needs

We mapped 9,402 learning objectives from the AI+ Library to the skills they teach.

The skills stack in five levels, with the AI foundations everyone needs at the base. Open a skill to see the books that teach it.

5 levels · 71 categories · 973 skills

Each level builds onthe levels below itSenior Management3 categories · 38 skillsMiddle Management4 categories · 55 skillsProfessionals and Specialists46 categories · 690 skillsAll Staff10 categories · 105 skillsEveryone8 categories · 85 skills
Select a level to see what it covers and jump to its branch of the tree. The widths show how the levels stack. Each band shows its own number of skills.

Skill tree

Senior Management

3 categories · 38 skills

Executives, directors, heads of institutions and owners of established organisations who set direction for a whole organisation or function: AI strategy and investment, AI governance, and organisation-wide transformation.

  • AI Governance, Risk and Ethics11 skills
    • Writing AI use policies18 books
    • Designing AI governance frameworks17 books
    • Assessing AI regulatory obligations11 books
    • Building stakeholder trust in the organisation's AI use10 books
    • Disclosing AI use to customers and the public9 books
    • Managing data protection in AI use8 books
    • Checking AI systems for bias and fairness5 books
    • Auditing AI governance and deployments4 books
    • Setting accountability and human oversight for AI systems4 books
    • Assessing organisational AI risks3 books
    • Setting up AI incident and escalation procedures2 books
  • AI Strategy and Investment16 skills
    • Assessing organisational AI readiness25 books
    • Building an organisational AI adoption roadmap19 books
    • Prioritising AI opportunities18 books
    • Building a business case for AI investment14 books
    • Evaluating and contracting AI vendors14 books
    • Evaluating AI investment proposals13 books
    • Briefing the board and investors on AI10 books
    • Mapping AI opportunities across the organisation10 books
    • Building an organisational AI strategy8 books
    • Identifying business processes suited to automation7 books
    • Assessing AI's strategic implications for the organisation6 books
    • Building an AI technology roadmap6 books
    • Measuring the return on AI investment5 books
    • Deciding whether to scale AI pilots4 books
    • Making build, buy or partner decisions for AI3 books
    • Running AI strategy reviews3 books
  • AI Workforce and Organisational Transformation11 skills
    • Communicating AI adoption across the organisation10 books
    • Overcoming resistance to AI adoption8 books
    • Designing an organisation-wide AI training programme7 books
    • Assessing AI's impact on jobs and skills6 books
    • Building an AI champions network3 books
    • Defining your function's remit in AI adoption3 books
    • Planning workforce reskilling and redeployment3 books
    • Building an AI capability framework2 books
    • Building an AI-ready culture2 books
    • Redesigning roles and team structures for AI2 books
    • Setting up an AI transformation programme1 book

Middle Management

4 categories · 55 skills

Team leaders and managers responsible for other people's work, a budget or a unit: managing people, money, stakeholders, change, decisions and the team's use of AI.

  • Budgets and Business Cases11 skills
    • Writing business cases and business plans17 books
    • Writing budget and financial performance reports5 books
    • Evaluating business cases4 books
    • Analysing financial performance3 books
    • Reading financial statements and management accounts3 books
    • Tracking budgets and analysing variances3 books
    • Building budgets2 books
    • Building simple financial models2 books
    • Explaining financial information to non-finance audiences2 books
    • Forecasting revenue and cash flow2 books
    • Preparing cost-benefit analyses2 books
  • Leading AI Adoption in Teams19 skills
    • Setting team rules and policy for AI use47 books
    • Planning a team's AI adoption41 books
    • Assessing a team's AI readiness and maturity18 books
    • Making the case for AI adoption to stakeholders16 books
    • Addressing team concerns about AI14 books
    • Briefing your team on AI changes13 books
    • Deciding which team tasks go to AI13 books
    • Training staff to use AI tools13 books
    • Measuring the results of team AI adoption11 books
    • Sharing AI practice across a team10 books
    • Setting human review points for team AI use8 books
    • Designing a team AI pilot7 books
    • Planning team AI skills development7 books
    • Selecting AI tools and vendors for a team7 books
    • Coaching and supervising colleagues' AI use6 books
    • Building shared team prompt libraries and AI tools3 books
    • Defining your role in leading team AI adoption3 books
    • Redesigning team processes around AI3 books
    • Leading responsible AI practice in a team1 book
  • People Management and Performance19 skills
    • Preparing performance and difficult conversations11 books
    • Onboarding new team members8 books
    • Running team meetings6 books
    • Writing performance reviews6 books
    • Planning staff rotas5 books
    • Planning team members' development5 books
    • Drafting leadership messages to staff4 books
    • Preparing feedback and recognition4 books
    • Preparing one-to-one meetings4 books
    • Delegating work to team members3 books
    • Setting performance objectives3 books
    • Supporting team wellbeing3 books
    • Writing team working agreements3 books
    • Checking people decisions for bias2 books
    • Planning succession and career paths2 books
    • Planning your team's roles and skills2 books
    • Building connection and inclusion in remote teams1 book
    • Reviewing your own management practice1 book
    • Writing references and promotion cases1 book
  • Strategy and Leadership Decisions6 skills
    • Building and testing future scenarios3 books
    • Communicating decisions and their reasoning3 books
    • Repositioning a business for an AI-affected market3 books
    • Identifying and evaluating growth opportunities2 books
    • Making high-stakes decisions under uncertainty2 books
    • Scanning the strategic landscape2 books

Professionals and Specialists

46 categories · 690 skills

Individual contributors doing the core work of a job family or specialist function, from frontline, trades and service roles to clinicians, lawyers, teachers, engineers and analysts.

  • Academic Writing and Publishing9 skills
    • Drafting research papers9 books
    • Communicating research findings to non-specialist audiences6 books
    • Reporting research methods and results6 books
    • Responding to peer reviewers5 books
    • Writing conference abstracts4 books
    • Building academic arguments2 books
    • Citing and referencing sources2 books
    • Writing and revising academic prose2 books
    • Reporting research progress and impact1 book
  • Accounting and Audit11 skills
    • Writing investor and lender reports3 books
    • Writing management accounts and variance commentary3 books
    • Designing financial control tests2 books
    • Performing audit analytical procedures2 books
    • Preparing audit working papers2 books
    • Preparing invoices and payment reminders2 books
    • Assessing AI tools used on audit engagements1 book
    • Planning audit work on AI-related risks1 book
    • Preparing cash flow forecasts1 book
    • Recording and reconciling bookkeeping transactions1 book
    • Writing audit findings and reports1 book
  • Agriculture and Food Production9 skills
    • Diagnosing crop and soil problems2 books
    • Evaluating crop and input options against trial evidence2 books
    • Planning crop management and field operations2 books
    • Writing farm advisory and visit reports2 books
    • Analysing sensory panel data1 book
    • Developing food product concepts and formulations1 book
    • Documenting process trials and factory scale-up1 book
    • Writing extension materials for farmers1 book
    • Writing food product and raw material specifications1 book
  • Architecture, Design and Construction18 skills
    • Writing site and property inspection reports5 books
    • Drafting site instructions and contract notices4 books
    • Controlling construction project documents3 books
    • Drafting specifications and design schedules3 books
    • Preparing building regulation compliance documents3 books
    • Preparing defect schedules and snag lists3 books
    • Writing construction progress and cost reports3 books
    • Explaining design decisions2 books
    • Generating site and interior design options2 books
    • Handling requests for information2 books
    • Preparing interim valuations and final accounts2 books
    • Preparing site analyses2 books
    • Producing design and property visualisations2 books
    • Researching materials, products and plants2 books
    • Keeping site diaries and daywork records1 book
    • Preparing cost plans and estimates1 book
    • Preparing tender analysis reports1 book
    • Writing design briefs1 book
  • Assessment, Marking and Feedback20 skills
    • Writing feedback on learners' work9 books
    • Writing learner progress reports7 books
    • Writing test and quiz questions7 books
    • Designing assessments that hold up against AI misuse6 books
    • Designing competency assessment instruments5 books
    • Identifying and supporting at-risk learners5 books
    • Checking the authenticity of learners' work4 books
    • Writing marking rubrics4 books
    • Making and recording competency assessment decisions3 books
    • Planning assessments3 books
    • Preparing accreditation and quality assurance evidence3 books
    • Reviewing assessments for validity and fairness3 books
    • Running marking standardisation3 books
    • Setting AI-use rules for learners3 books
    • Designing formative assessment checks2 books
    • Planning marking and feedback routines2 books
    • Quality-assuring assessment decisions2 books
    • Writing assessment briefs2 books
    • Writing evidence requirement guides2 books
    • Writing observation records2 books
  • Bids, Tenders and Grant Applications8 skills
    • Writing grant applications13 books
    • Writing tender responses6 books
    • Analysing tender and funding call requirements3 books
    • Reviewing lost bids and win rates3 books
    • Building a bid process and content library2 books
    • Making go/no-go decisions on bids and applications2 books
    • Reviewing draft bids and applications2 books
    • Writing award and competition entries2 books
  • Casework and Social Care12 skills
    • Writing court, tribunal and statutory reports5 books
    • Drafting case correspondence4 books
    • Preparing needs and risk assessments4 books
    • Recording and referring safeguarding concerns4 books
    • Writing case notes and records4 books
    • Preparing multi-agency meetings and action plans3 books
    • Researching services, eligibility and referral pathways3 books
    • Writing care, support and rehabilitation plans3 books
    • Writing referrals to other agencies3 books
    • Compiling case chronologies and summaries2 books
    • Designing case management workflows and templates2 books
    • Processing intake and triaging caseloads2 books
  • Client and Account Management13 skills
    • Planning contact across a client portfolio8 books
    • Preparing client business reviews7 books
    • Writing client follow-up and re-engagement messages7 books
    • Confirming scope and expectations with clients5 books
    • Writing client onboarding communications4 books
    • Building account plans and playbooks3 books
    • Planning and tracking client onboarding3 books
    • Preparing account renewals3 books
    • Monitoring account health2 books
    • Planning account expansion2 books
    • Researching clients and their needs2 books
    • Retaining at-risk accounts2 books
    • Securing client referrals and references2 books
  • Clinical Assessment and Care Planning25 skills
    • Synthesising clinical evidence16 books
    • Drafting care and treatment plans11 books
    • Interpreting imaging and test results7 books
    • Evaluating AI clinical tools6 books
    • Checking medicines for interactions and doses5 books
    • Finding and appraising clinical research5 books
    • Setting care and therapy goals5 books
    • Writing clinical assessment summaries5 books
    • Assessing clinical risk and readiness for treatment4 books
    • Generating differential diagnoses4 books
    • Interpreting clinical guidelines4 books
    • Weighing treatment options for a patient4 books
    • Designing triage and intake templates3 books
    • Drafting case formulations3 books
    • Selecting and fitting assistive equipment3 books
    • Tracking patient progress against goals3 books
    • Designing and grading therapy activities2 books
    • Integrating AI tools into clinical workflows2 books
    • Prescribing exercise programmes2 books
    • Writing clinical protocols2 books
    • Analysing speech and language samples1 book
    • Conducting structured medication reviews1 book
    • Planning nutrition therapy and meal plans1 book
    • Preparing herd health plans1 book
    • Vetting imaging referrals and protocols1 book
  • Clinical Documentation and Patient Communication21 skills
    • Writing clinical notes18 books
    • Writing patient education materials17 books
    • Writing letters and updates to patients and families12 books
    • Writing referral letters12 books
    • Checking AI-drafted clinical documentation11 books
    • Adapting patient information for literacy, language and accessibility10 books
    • Preparing for patient consultations and family meetings9 books
    • Writing discharge summaries9 books
    • Writing clinical letters to other professionals8 books
    • Preparing consent forms and consent conversations6 books
    • Writing clinical handovers6 books
    • Completing procedure and medication records5 books
    • Preparing for sensitive conversations with patients and families5 books
    • Summarising cases for team meetings and caseload reviews5 books
    • Writing clinical assessment and diagnostic reports5 books
    • Escalating clinical concerns to colleagues4 books
    • Writing medico-legal and third-party clinical reports4 books
    • Explaining diagnoses and treatment options to patients3 books
    • Writing equipment and appliance prescriptions3 books
    • Planning behaviour-change conversations with patients2 books
    • Auditing health records and clinical coding1 book
  • Coaching, Mentoring and Guidance21 skills
    • Planning coaching sessions3 books
    • Preparing difficult and behaviour-change conversations3 books
    • Writing coaching questions and reflection prompts3 books
    • Writing session records and debriefs3 books
    • Designing coaching and mentoring programmes2 books
    • Designing sports and fitness training programmes2 books
    • Drafting development plans and goals2 books
    • Researching labour market information2 books
    • Reviewing client progress across sessions2 books
    • Writing client updates and check-in messages2 books
    • Writing coaching progress reports2 books
    • Analysing athlete and opposition performance1 book
    • Checking careers guidance for impartiality1 book
    • Coaching clients on CVs and interviews1 book
    • Creating nutrition education materials1 book
    • Mapping career pathways for clients1 book
    • Monitoring athlete load and readiness1 book
    • Reporting graduate employment outcomes1 book
    • Researching client background and development resources1 book
    • Screening fitness clients and referring on1 book
    • Writing talent identification criteria1 book
  • Creative Writing, Design and Media Production27 skills
    • Writing creative briefs8 books
    • Managing copyright in creative work7 books
    • Explaining the thinking behind creative work6 books
    • Generating creative concepts5 books
    • Pitching creative work5 books
    • Assessing stories and scripts4 books
    • Building mood boards4 books
    • Developing characters and story worlds4 books
    • Drafting scenes and chapters3 books
    • Generating images and design assets3 books
    • Interpreting client creative briefs3 books
    • Outlining stories, books and scripts3 books
    • Reviewing AI-generated creative output3 books
    • Revising creative drafts3 books
    • Cleaning and restoring audio2 books
    • Colour grading images and footage2 books
    • Composing music and lyrics2 books
    • Overcoming creative blocks2 books
    • Planning film and video shoots2 books
    • Selecting and retouching images2 books
    • Choosing a publishing route1 book
    • Drafting game design documents1 book
    • Editing film and video1 book
    • Mixing and mastering music tracks1 book
    • Writing game dialogue and in-game text1 book
    • Writing garment technical specifications1 book
    • Writing scripts1 book
  • Customer Service and Complaints12 skills
    • Drafting complaint responses14 books
    • Drafting responses to customer enquiries11 books
    • Handling difficult customer interactions6 books
    • Explaining policies and procedures to customers5 books
    • Maintaining customer case records5 books
    • Triaging and escalating customer issues4 books
    • Writing and maintaining knowledge base content4 books
    • Writing service notices and reminders4 books
    • Analysing complaints and service quality3 books
    • Building response templates and tone guides3 books
    • Designing enquiry and complaint handling workflows3 books
    • Investigating customer complaints2 books
  • Data Science and Machine Learning12 skills
    • Documenting machine-learning models3 books
    • Deploying and monitoring machine-learning models2 books
    • Designing machine-learning experiments2 books
    • Documenting data schemas and lineage2 books
    • Engineering features for machine-learning models2 books
    • Evaluating machine-learning models2 books
    • Explaining model results to non-technical audiences2 books
    • Exploring data and auditing data quality2 books
    • Specifying synthetic datasets2 books
    • Auditing models for bias and fairness1 book
    • Designing large language model applications1 book
    • Framing machine-learning problems1 book
  • Diplomacy and Consular Work7 skills
    • Preparing briefing packs for official visits and meetings4 books
    • Writing diplomatic reports to headquarters3 books
    • Handling consular and visa casework2 books
    • Planning public and cultural diplomacy programmes2 books
    • Writing political and economic assessments2 books
    • Writing trade and commercial reports2 books
    • Drafting formal diplomatic correspondence1 book
  • Engineering Design and Analysis19 skills
    • Comparing design options against criteria8 books
    • Interpreting simulation and analysis results8 books
    • Reviewing engineering designs7 books
    • Generating design options6 books
    • Writing design rationales6 books
    • Responding to design review comments and technical queries5 books
    • Writing calculation reports5 books
    • Writing technical specifications and requirements5 books
    • Writing test plans and protocols4 books
    • Writing test reports4 books
    • Preparing design basis and front-end engineering documents3 books
    • Writing commissioning documentation3 books
    • Writing safety cases and design risk analyses3 books
    • Documenting control and automation system designs2 books
    • Maintaining engineering document records2 books
    • Writing failure analysis reports2 books
    • Designing robot work cells1 book
    • Reporting ground conditions and risks1 book
    • Writing manufacturing process plans1 book
  • Financial Services and Advice14 skills
    • Drafting client advice documents2 books
    • Explaining financial analysis to clients2 books
    • Researching tax and financial planning rules2 books
    • Writing financial risk reports2 books
    • Administering insurance policies1 book
    • Drafting counterparty and broker communications1 book
    • Preparing for client fact-finding meetings1 book
    • Preparing insurance claims documentation1 book
    • Producing market intelligence briefings1 book
    • Stress-testing trade rationales1 book
    • Validating insurance pricing decisions1 book
    • Writing actuarial reports and documentation1 book
    • Writing credit memos and loan documents1 book
    • Writing underwriting risk summaries1 book
  • HR and Recruitment19 skills
    • Writing job descriptions and job advertisements8 books
    • Designing recruitment processes4 books
    • Preventing bias in AI-supported people decisions4 books
    • Analysing and reporting workforce data3 books
    • Assessing the legal risks of AI in HR processes2 books
    • Drafting offer letters and employment contracts2 books
    • Evaluating AI tools for hiring and selection2 books
    • Planning workforce needs and succession2 books
    • Preparing structured interviews2 books
    • Screening and shortlisting applications2 books
    • Writing candidate communications2 books
    • Writing employee communications2 books
    • Designing a people analytics strategy1 book
    • Designing onboarding programmes and materials1 book
    • Designing performance review frameworks1 book
    • Drafting HR policies1 book
    • Running HR compliance audits1 book
    • Running employee engagement surveys1 book
    • Sourcing candidates1 book
  • Health, Safety and Quality24 skills
    • Writing risk assessments and method statements12 books
    • Writing incident and near-miss reports11 books
    • Preparing for external audits and inspections9 books
    • Investigating incidents and quality failures7 books
    • Analysing incident and non-conformance trends6 books
    • Writing non-conformance reports6 books
    • Writing safety briefings and toolbox talks5 books
    • Analysing statistical process control data4 books
    • Preparing quality performance reviews4 books
    • Writing audit and inspection reports4 books
    • Designing inspection checklists and test plans3 books
    • Managing safety documentation3 books
    • Planning audit programmes and checklists3 books
    • Reviewing safety documents for accuracy and compliance3 books
    • Writing quality management system documentation3 books
    • Writing safety management plans and emergency procedures3 books
    • Designing clinical governance processes2 books
    • Writing HACCP plans and food safety documentation2 books
    • Writing corrective and preventive action plans2 books
    • Writing hazardous substance assessments2 books
    • Writing management of change documentation2 books
    • Writing test method validation protocols2 books
    • Designing safety training and induction programmes1 book
    • Writing quality specifications and acceptance criteria1 book
  • IT Operations, Cloud and Cybersecurity13 skills
    • Writing post-incident reviews5 books
    • Writing runbooks and incident response playbooks5 books
    • Investigating system and security alerts3 books
    • Drafting IT and security policies2 books
    • Writing IT service and security communications2 books
    • Analysing and reporting cloud costs1 book
    • Analysing threat intelligence1 book
    • Assessing security threats to AI systems1 book
    • Planning IT service improvements1 book
    • Planning cloud migrations1 book
    • Preparing IT change requests1 book
    • Prioritising and reporting vulnerabilities1 book
    • Writing infrastructure as code1 book
  • Journalism, Public Relations and Crisis Communication10 skills
    • Writing press releases and media statements10 books
    • Drafting crisis statements5 books
    • Preparing for media interviews5 books
    • Managing communications during a live crisis4 books
    • Monitoring and reporting media coverage3 books
    • Pitching stories to the media3 books
    • Preparing a crisis communications plan3 books
    • Checking stories before publication1 book
    • Researching news stories1 book
    • Writing news stories1 book
  • Legal Work and Contracts13 skills
    • Summarising contracts in plain language6 books
    • Researching case law and legislation4 books
    • Reviewing contracts for risk4 books
    • Drafting contracts and contract clauses3 books
    • Drafting legal advice and correspondence3 books
    • Explaining legal and regulatory issues in plain language3 books
    • Maintaining legal matter files and notes3 books
    • Building case chronologies2 books
    • Conducting due diligence and disclosure reviews2 books
    • Extracting key terms and obligations from contracts2 books
    • Instructing external lawyers2 books
    • Drafting board minutes and resolutions1 book
    • Drafting pleadings and court documents1 book
  • Libraries, Archives, Museums and Records19 skills
    • Creating catalogue and metadata records4 books
    • Answering reference enquiries and access requests3 books
    • Responding to information requests3 books
    • Applying retention and disposal schedules to records2 books
    • Designing and auditing library and records workflows2 books
    • Documenting digital preservation and chain of custody2 books
    • Quality-checking catalogue records2 books
    • Researching the provenance and attribution of collection items2 books
    • Searching and retrieving records2 books
    • Triaging born-digital records2 books
    • Writing archival finding aids and descriptions2 books
    • Appraising records for retention1 book
    • Compiling literature searches and reading lists1 book
    • Planning collection development1 book
    • Planning digital preservation and access1 book
    • Preparing conservation condition reports1 book
    • Redacting records for release1 book
    • Transcribing handwritten historical documents1 book
    • Writing exhibition labels and interpretive text1 book
  • Market, Customer and Competitor Research19 skills
    • Analysing customer feedback9 books
    • Building competitor profiles9 books
    • Mapping the competitive landscape7 books
    • Building personas and journey maps6 books
    • Conducting desk-based market research6 books
    • Monitoring market and industry trends6 books
    • Writing competitive intelligence briefs6 books
    • Planning research studies5 books
    • Writing interview and discussion guides4 books
    • Conducting research interviews and focus groups3 books
    • Reporting research findings3 books
    • Synthesising research insights3 books
    • Turning research findings into recommendations3 books
    • Analysing survey results2 books
    • Designing surveys2 books
    • Monitoring competitor activity2 books
    • Setting up a competitive intelligence programme2 books
    • Running usability tests1 book
    • Testing demand for new products1 book
  • Marketing and Content23 skills
    • Writing marketing and advertising copy15 books
    • Writing social media posts15 books
    • Checking marketing and public communications for compliance and risk10 books
    • Writing case studies and brand stories10 books
    • Writing newsletters9 books
    • Writing product listings9 books
    • Editing content to match the brand voice8 books
    • Planning marketing campaigns8 books
    • Writing website and landing page copy8 books
    • Analysing and reporting marketing performance7 books
    • Designing a content production workflow7 books
    • Planning content calendars7 books
    • Writing brand guidelines7 books
    • Writing marketing emails and email sequences7 books
    • Writing articles and thought leadership pieces6 books
    • Writing positioning statements and value propositions6 books
    • Generating content ideas and story angles5 books
    • Repurposing content across formats and channels5 books
    • Writing video and podcast scripts5 books
    • Planning a content strategy4 books
    • Managing online community engagement3 books
    • Testing and improving marketing copy3 books
    • Segmenting customers for targeted marketing1 book
  • Mining, Energy and Geoscience10 skills
    • Writing geological and resource reports3 books
    • Drafting mine closure plans2 books
    • Writing energy production performance reports2 books
    • Documenting geospatial datasets and analysis workflows1 book
    • Drafting mine plans and feasibility studies1 book
    • Planning exploration drill programmes1 book
    • Preparing grid connection applications1 book
    • Writing mine operations reports1 book
    • Writing renewable energy site and yield assessments1 book
    • Writing well and drilling reports1 book
  • Operations and Process Improvement10 skills
    • Writing standard operating procedures17 books
    • Planning capacity and resources5 books
    • Capturing know-how from experienced staff4 books
    • Scoping process improvement projects4 books
    • Analysing processes for waste and root causes3 books
    • Scheduling appointments and prioritising work queues3 books
    • Controlling changes to standard operating procedures2 books
    • Mapping current and future-state processes2 books
    • Auditing existing standard operating procedures1 book
    • Implementing process changes1 book
  • Outreach / Business Development14 skills
    • Researching prospects and funders7 books
    • Writing cold outreach messages6 books
    • Identifying and approaching potential partners4 books
    • Qualifying and prioritising leads4 books
    • Writing partnership proposals4 books
    • Designing outreach sequences3 books
    • Writing donor and funder communications3 books
    • Creating client acquisition materials2 books
    • Defining target customers and markets2 books
    • Helping exporters enter overseas markets2 books
    • Managing an opportunity pipeline2 books
    • Planning business development and outreach2 books
    • Analysing outreach campaign results1 book
    • Responding to prospect replies1 book
  • Procurement and Supply Chain16 skills
    • Drafting supplier correspondence13 books
    • Reviewing supplier and contractor performance10 books
    • Writing requests for quotation and tender documents5 books
    • Evaluating tenders and supplier bids4 books
    • Researching and shortlisting suppliers4 books
    • Writing scopes of work and specifications4 books
    • Checking customs and trade compliance3 books
    • Counting and reconciling stock3 books
    • Managing supply chain risk and disruption3 books
    • Planning stock replenishment3 books
    • Reducing excess and obsolete stock3 books
    • Writing supplier contract renewal briefings3 books
    • Analysing spend and developing category strategies2 books
    • Forecasting demand and planning supply2 books
    • Planning logistics and transport2 books
    • Preparing shipping and customs documents2 books
  • Programme Design, Monitoring and Evaluation8 skills
    • Writing programme progress and impact reports4 books
    • Designing programme evaluations3 books
    • Developing theories of change and logframes3 books
    • Turning evaluation findings into lessons and actions3 books
    • Conducting programme and service evaluations2 books
    • Designing programme indicators2 books
    • Setting up monitoring and evaluation systems2 books
    • Writing needs assessments2 books
  • Project and Event Management22 skills
    • Writing project status reports8 books
    • Running retrospectives and lessons-learned reviews7 books
    • Building project schedules5 books
    • Managing project risks and issues5 books
    • Drafting project plans4 books
    • Writing project charters and scope statements4 books
    • Building event run sheets and call sheets3 books
    • Escalating project issues and blockers3 books
    • Estimating project and event budgets3 books
    • Monitoring and replanning projects3 books
    • Planning project resources and responsibilities3 books
    • Writing project and event closure reports3 books
    • Building work breakdown structures2 books
    • Designing event programmes2 books
    • Developing event briefs and concepts2 books
    • Maintaining project documentation2 books
    • Planning and running sprints2 books
    • Planning event logistics2 books
    • Refining a product backlog2 books
    • Sourcing and managing suppliers and contractors2 books
    • Writing change requests and impact assessments2 books
    • Writing event briefings and attendee communications1 book
  • Property Sales, Lettings and Valuation6 skills
    • Writing property listings and marketing copy3 books
    • Analysing comparable evidence2 books
    • Writing development feasibility reports2 books
    • Drafting tenant communications1 book
    • Drafting valuation reports1 book
    • Writing landlord reports1 book
  • Public Policy and Public Services13 skills
    • Writing public information messages10 books
    • Writing policy briefs and submissions6 books
    • Analysing and replying to consultation responses5 books
    • Designing public consultations4 books
    • Drafting citizen correspondence4 books
    • Conducting policy evidence reviews3 books
    • Drafting policy impact assessments3 books
    • Writing consultation submissions2 books
    • Writing crisis situation reports2 books
    • Documenting economic models1 book
    • Drafting planning and licensing decision reports1 book
    • Writing economic commentary1 book
    • Writing public health surveillance bulletins1 book
  • Public Safety, Security and Defence25 skills
    • Preparing operational briefings and handovers7 books
    • Analysing incident and risk patterns6 books
    • Writing incident and field reports6 books
    • Writing intelligence reports6 books
    • Preparing threat and risk assessments4 books
    • Analysing investigation evidence3 books
    • Collecting and grading intelligence3 books
    • Writing after-action reports3 books
    • Assessing AI-enabled threats2 books
    • Assessing digital evidence2 books
    • Coordinating incident response2 books
    • Drafting enforcement case correspondence2 books
    • Preparing prosecution case files2 books
    • Writing custody and detention records2 books
    • Writing investigation reports2 books
    • Building pre-incident plans1 book
    • Developing military plans and orders1 book
    • Drafting court applications1 book
    • Drafting emergency communications to the public1 book
    • Planning investigative interviews1 book
    • Planning security patrols and staffing1 book
    • Preparing to give evidence in court1 book
    • Profiling cargo, passenger and trader risk1 book
    • Screening trade documents for discrepancies and fraud1 book
    • Writing evidential statements and interview summaries1 book
  • Regulatory Compliance and Risk20 skills
    • Researching applicable regulations and standards11 books
    • Preparing regulatory submissions9 books
    • Responding to regulator queries and investigations7 books
    • Building a risk register5 books
    • Monitoring regulatory change5 books
    • Writing compliance and risk reports4 books
    • Designing legal, risk and compliance workflows3 books
    • Drafting compliance policies and procedures3 books
    • Keeping compliance records and calendars3 books
    • Preparing investigation plans and reports3 books
    • Running regulatory gap analyses3 books
    • Writing regulatory reports and disclosures3 books
    • Preparing data protection documentation2 books
    • Preparing product labels to regulatory requirements2 books
    • Running customer and supplier due diligence checks2 books
    • Triaging fraud alerts and reporting suspicious activity2 books
    • Assessing compliance risks and controls1 book
    • Modelling risk scenarios1 book
    • Monitoring key risk indicators1 book
    • Preparing drug safety reports1 book
  • Research Design, Methods and Analysis27 skills
    • Analysing qualitative data11 books
    • Synthesising research evidence8 books
    • Conducting literature reviews7 books
    • Designing research studies7 books
    • Framing research questions and hypotheses7 books
    • Writing participant recruitment and consent materials6 books
    • Documenting and disclosing AI use in research5 books
    • Interpreting research results5 books
    • Planning appropriate AI use in research5 books
    • Designing and validating research instruments4 books
    • Identifying research gaps4 books
    • Preparing ethics committee applications4 books
    • Writing and registering research protocols4 books
    • Anonymising and protecting research participant data3 books
    • Appraising study quality and certainty of evidence3 books
    • Assessing the rigour of qualitative research3 books
    • Managing research data3 books
    • Screening studies and extracting review data3 books
    • Transcribing research recordings3 books
    • Building and analysing text corpora2 books
    • Choosing statistical tests2 books
    • Running statistical analyses2 books
    • Writing field notes2 books
    • Analysing discourse in texts and talk1 book
    • Planning and managing fieldwork1 book
    • Supervising dissertations and theses1 book
    • Writing clinical trial monitoring and safety reports1 book
  • Retail, Hospitality and Tourism16 skills
    • Requesting and responding to customer reviews6 books
    • Responding to guest enquiries3 books
    • Writing guest communications from booking to follow-up3 books
    • Communicating allergen and dietary information2 books
    • Conducting range reviews2 books
    • Planning and evaluating promotions2 books
    • Planning visual merchandising displays2 books
    • Writing menu descriptions2 books
    • Writing tour commentaries and visitor guides2 books
    • Analysing menu profitability and food costs1 book
    • Drafting product recall notices1 book
    • Drafting travel itineraries1 book
    • Evaluating customer experience and loyalty programmes1 book
    • Personalising client appointments and follow-ups1 book
    • Planning housekeeping schedules1 book
    • Preparing product knowledge briefings1 book
  • Selling and Negotiation12 skills
    • Writing client proposals16 books
    • Setting prices and fees9 books
    • Preparing negotiation briefs8 books
    • Preparing for sales meetings5 books
    • Writing sales follow-ups4 books
    • Analysing patterns across past deals and negotiations3 books
    • Forecasting sales from the pipeline3 books
    • Rehearsing sales conversations and negotiations3 books
    • Comparing negotiation scenarios and offers2 books
    • Debriefing sales conversations and negotiations2 books
    • Planning concessions and counter-offers2 books
    • Preparing responses to objections and buying signals2 books
  • Software Development, Testing and Product Management18 skills
    • Reviewing code before merging6 books
    • Writing technical documentation6 books
    • Refactoring and optimising existing code5 books
    • Writing code from specifications5 books
    • Writing software test cases4 books
    • Debugging code3 books
    • Writing product requirements and user stories3 books
    • Designing CI/CD pipelines and release gates2 books
    • Evaluating system architectures2 books
    • Explaining unfamiliar code2 books
    • Reporting and triaging defects2 books
    • Reviewing test coverage for gaps2 books
    • Writing and maintaining test automation scripts2 books
    • Planning and reviewing feature launches1 book
    • Planning and structuring documentation sets1 book
    • Prioritising features for the product roadmap1 book
    • Reporting software quality and release readiness1 book
    • Running product discovery1 book
  • Stakeholder and Change Management8 skills
    • Mapping stakeholders9 books
    • Writing change communications7 books
    • Planning stakeholder engagement and communications6 books
    • Building stakeholder support for proposals4 books
    • Handling resistance to change4 books
    • Managing stakeholder expectations2 books
    • Assessing change impact and readiness1 book
    • Measuring and sustaining change adoption1 book
  • Sustainability and Environmental Management9 skills
    • Writing carbon and sustainability narratives6 books
    • Writing sustainability and ESG reports6 books
    • Drafting environmental impact assessments5 books
    • Drafting environmental management plans and monitoring reports2 books
    • Screening sustainability claims for greenwashing2 books
    • Writing conservation and biodiversity management plans2 books
    • Preparing ESG data for reporting and assurance1 book
    • Running double materiality assessments1 book
    • Scoping and planning ESG reporting1 book
  • Teaching and Curriculum Design22 skills
    • Planning lessons and training sessions10 books
    • Differentiating learning materials for mixed-ability groups9 books
    • Designing curricula and learning programmes7 books
    • Making learning materials accessible and inclusive7 books
    • Communicating with parents and carers6 books
    • Planning schemes of work6 books
    • Teaching learners AI literacy6 books
    • Writing case studies and scenarios for learning6 books
    • Creating lesson resources5 books
    • Adapting learning content for new audiences4 books
    • Building a teaching resource library4 books
    • Drafting sections of statutory special educational needs plans4 books
    • Planning work placement programmes4 books
    • Writing learner support plans4 books
    • Writing programme review and self-evaluation reports4 books
    • Designing learning activities3 books
    • Monitoring placements and apprenticeships3 books
    • Setting up placements and apprenticeships3 books
    • Writing learning objectives3 books
    • Planning practical workshop sessions2 books
    • Writing explanations and worked examples2 books
    • Planning early years provision1 book
  • Town and Transport Planning8 skills
    • Preparing planning applications and appeals5 books
    • Summarising planning policy context3 books
    • Building a planning evidence base2 books
    • Preparing and reviewing transport assessments2 books
    • Appraising scheme options1 book
    • Assessing planning applications1 book
    • Drafting planning policies and guidance1 book
    • Interpreting traffic data and transport models1 book
  • Trades, Maintenance and Asset Management13 skills
    • Keeping asset condition and maintenance records9 books
    • Writing fault reports and warranty claims5 books
    • Writing work orders and job records5 books
    • Diagnosing equipment faults4 books
    • Finding technical and service information3 books
    • Planning preventive and predictive maintenance3 books
    • Writing inspection reports and test certificates3 books
    • Writing job quotations and scopes of work3 books
    • Identifying replacement parts2 books
    • Planning spare parts stock2 books
    • Analysing building space utilisation1 book
    • Analysing failure trends and proposing reliability improvements1 book
    • Evaluating building technology vendor claims1 book
  • Translation and Localisation4 skills
    • Checking and post-editing translations3 books
    • Localising content for a target market2 books
    • Managing translation terminology1 book
    • Preparing for interpreting assignments1 book
  • Workplace Training and Instructional Design11 skills
    • Analysing skills gaps and training needs8 books
    • Writing staff training materials7 books
    • Designing individual learning and development plans4 books
    • Reviewing and piloting learning content4 books
    • Creating job aids3 books
    • Evaluating training impact3 books
    • Writing e-learning storyboards and scripts3 books
    • Building e-learning modules2 books
    • Evaluating and selecting learning technologies2 books
    • Planning operational training exercises and drills2 books
    • Producing course videos, audio and images1 book

All Staff

10 categories · 105 skills

Anyone in paid work or self-employment, whatever their role: the everyday workplace tasks every job shares, such as communication, documents, research, meetings, data and simple automation.

  • Building AI Assistants, Agents and Workflows9 skills
    • Designing workflows for recurring tasks70 books
    • Choosing between chat, agents and automated workflows26 books
    • Selecting tasks to automate or delegate to AI agents21 books
    • Setting human review points and limits for agents and workflows16 books
    • Building automated workflows14 books
    • Delegating tasks to AI agents6 books
    • Building custom AI assistants4 books
    • Testing agents and automated workflows before use3 books
    • Maintaining automated workflows and agents1 book
  • Data Analysis and Visualisation13 skills
    • Cleaning and preparing data8 books
    • Creating clear charts7 books
    • Explaining data findings to non-specialists7 books
    • Exploring data for trends and anomalies7 books
    • Assessing data quality6 books
    • Writing data commentary6 books
    • Analysing performance data4 books
    • Building simple dashboards4 books
    • Planning and documenting a data analysis4 books
    • Writing data reports4 books
    • Interpreting analysis results and their limits3 books
    • Defining KPIs and targets2 books
    • Writing spreadsheet formulas and macros2 books
  • Desk Research and Document Review13 skills
    • Summarising documents11 books
    • Synthesising findings from multiple sources11 books
    • Evaluating the reliability of sources and claims8 books
    • Conducting desk research4 books
    • Interpreting policy and regulatory documents4 books
    • Comparing document versions3 books
    • Searching large document collections3 books
    • Sourcing secondary data3 books
    • Summarising research and technical papers3 books
    • Critically reviewing documents and proposals2 books
    • Getting plain-language explanations of complex material2 books
    • Planning document reviews1 book
    • Preparing review comments on documents1 book
  • Documents and Reports13 skills
    • Writing board papers and decision memos32 books
    • Writing performance reports21 books
    • Writing progress reports and status updates21 books
    • Writing executive summaries15 books
    • Editing drafts into finished documents13 books
    • Writing briefing notes13 books
    • Planning and drafting reports11 books
    • Writing handover notes11 books
    • Keeping documentation up to date6 books
    • Proofreading documents before submission6 books
    • Stress-testing drafts before sending4 books
    • Writing internal proposals4 books
    • Drafting organisational policies2 books
  • General Communication13 skills
    • Drafting emails and letters42 books
    • Adapting content for different audiences39 books
    • Keeping drafts in your own voice24 books
    • Drafting difficult and sensitive messages16 books
    • Translating documents and messages14 books
    • Writing team updates and announcements14 books
    • Explaining complex information in plain language13 books
    • Preparing for difficult conversations10 books
    • Adapting messages for other cultures4 books
    • Building templates for routine correspondence3 books
    • Giving feedback to managers and colleagues3 books
    • Writing in a second language2 books
    • Preparing for cross-cultural meetings1 book
  • Innovation and Idea Development7 skills
    • Generating ideas5 books
    • Building and testing prototypes3 books
    • Planning innovation projects3 books
    • Building a personal innovation habit2 books
    • Evaluating and shortlisting ideas2 books
    • Reviewing test results to decide next steps2 books
    • Designing experiments to test ideas1 book
  • Meetings, Productivity and Administration14 skills
    • Writing meeting minutes32 books
    • Preparing meeting agendas10 books
    • Streamlining routine admin9 books
    • Preparing for meetings8 books
    • Tracking team actions and decisions6 books
    • Capturing meeting notes and transcripts4 books
    • Facilitating meetings and group sessions4 books
    • Managing diaries, appointments and travel4 books
    • Managing inboxes4 books
    • Planning and prioritising your tasks4 books
    • Planning your day and week4 books
    • Building a personal knowledge base3 books
    • Designing workshops2 books
    • Organising files and records2 books
  • Presentations, Speaking and Storytelling10 skills
    • Preparing answers to likely questions12 books
    • Preparing pitches10 books
    • Preparing presentations and briefings10 books
    • Writing speeches and talking points7 books
    • Adapting presentations for different audiences5 books
    • Rehearsing presentations5 books
    • Turning data and research into presentations5 books
    • Writing conference speaking proposals2 books
    • Crafting stories1 book
    • Designing presentation slides1 book
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making7 skills
    • Running thought-partner sessions on decisions and strategy29 books
    • Stress-testing decisions and plans18 books
    • Comparing options and trade-offs5 books
    • Framing problems and writing problem statements4 books
    • Structuring complex business problems4 books
    • Keeping and reviewing a decision log3 books
    • Structuring decisions3 books
  • Professional Development and Reflective Practice6 skills
    • Planning and recording continuing professional development38 books
    • Writing reflective practice accounts17 books
    • Preparing for professional supervision6 books
    • Keeping professional knowledge current4 books
    • Preparing for your appraisal3 books
    • Building a competency evidence portfolio2 books

Everyone

8 categories · 85 skills

Any adult or student using AI at home, in study or at work: the AI foundations and personal skills that every higher level assumes. This is the AI+ Everyone foundation.

  • AI Foundations and Personal Adoption10 skills
    • Tracking AI developments in your field276 books
    • Planning your own AI adoption228 books
    • Mapping where AI fits your work222 books
    • Surveying AI tool categories82 books
    • Choosing AI tools for a task64 books
    • Prioritising your first AI use cases57 books
    • Benchmarking your own AI use42 books
    • Explaining what AI can and cannot do41 books
    • Reviewing your own AI adoption progress35 books
    • Evaluating AI tools against professional requirements30 books
  • Career Management and Networking14 skills
    • Assessing how AI will change your role20 books
    • Defining your professional positioning7 books
    • Planning your career moves6 books
    • Preparing for job interviews5 books
    • Building a professional portfolio4 books
    • Writing job applications4 books
    • Writing networking and follow-up messages4 books
    • Writing professional profiles and bios4 books
    • Maintaining your professional network3 books
    • Preparing for networking events and conversations3 books
    • Planning a job search2 books
    • Reframing your experience for a career change2 books
    • Writing thought-leadership content2 books
    • Evaluating and negotiating job offers1 book
  • Checking AI Output9 skills
    • Checking AI output for accuracy198 books
    • Recognising common AI failure modes in your work45 books
    • Verifying figures in AI-drafted documents33 books
    • Matching checking depth to the stakes31 books
    • Verifying citations and references24 books
    • Verifying calculations and data analysis14 books
    • Checking AI output for bias11 books
    • Reviewing AI drafts before use9 books
    • Testing AI reasoning and recommendations3 books
  • Personal and Family Life21 skills
    • Organising household paperwork and routines3 books
    • Planning meals3 books
    • Preparing for difficult family conversations3 books
    • Building a personal wellbeing plan2 books
    • Evaluating health and wellbeing technology2 books
    • Keeping a reflective journal2 books
    • Planning a household budget2 books
    • Planning holidays, outings and family events2 books
    • Planning your household's AI use2 books
    • Preparing for appointments and calls with providers2 books
    • Researching and comparing products and services2 books
    • Summarising letters and documents in plain language2 books
    • Supporting your child's learning at home2 books
    • Working through overwhelm and unhelpful thoughts2 books
    • Writing personal messages to family and friends2 books
    • Assessing AI tools for your child1 book
    • Protecting children from AI-related online harms1 book
    • Recording family history and life stories1 book
    • Setting family rules for children's AI use1 book
    • Teaching children to use AI safely and critically1 book
    • Translating personal messages1 book
  • Protecting Data and Using AI Responsibly16 skills
    • Deciding what information can go into an AI tool157 books
    • Applying your profession's AI safety protocol113 books
    • Disclosing your AI use48 books
    • Protecting personal data in AI tools28 books
    • Protecting confidential and privileged information26 books
    • Writing a personal AI use policy26 books
    • Anonymising data before entering it into AI tools20 books
    • Complying with laws and professional rules on AI use17 books
    • Vetting and configuring AI tools for data protection16 books
    • Keeping an audit trail of AI-assisted work13 books
    • Working within your organisation's AI policy13 books
    • Checking content for copyright and confidentiality risks before publishing12 books
    • Assessing the risks of AI use in your practice11 books
    • Applying professional ethics to AI use9 books
    • Obtaining consent for recordings, photographs and personal stories6 books
    • Guarding against AI-enabled scams and deepfakes5 books
  • Studying and Learning7 skills
    • Learning unfamiliar topics and concepts9 books
    • Planning how to learn a new skill7 books
    • Preparing for exams and assessments5 books
    • Getting feedback on your own work4 books
    • Testing your own understanding4 books
    • Applying academic integrity rules to AI use3 books
    • Planning and writing assignments2 books
  • Using Judgement with AI5 skills
    • Keeping professional sign-off on AI-assisted work59 books
    • Identifying decisions and tasks that must stay with people48 books
    • Avoiding over-reliance on AI and loss of skill18 books
    • Building the human skills AI does not replace10 books
    • Recognising when to refer to a qualified professional7 books
  • Writing Prompts3 skills
    • Writing structured prompts184 books
    • Building a personal prompt library64 books
    • Refining prompts and AI answers61 books