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Sep 2025

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AI Skills Sprint: How To Discover Your S...

THE SQUIGGLY CAREER

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This is the first episode of the Squiggly Careers x AI skills sprint series and today Helen and Sarah are kicking things off with Day 1: Strengths.

Our strengths are what we're known for - they shape how we show up and help us make more impact at work. And because strengths develop throughout your career, it's important to keep reflecting on them.

In this episode, Helen and Sarah share how to give AI the right prompts to help you spot your strengths in action, stretch your strengths in your team and build a clearer and more confident LinkedIn profile.

AI doesn't know you better than you know yourself, but it can act as a sparring partner - giving you new ways of looking at your experiences and surfacing patterns you might miss. By combining reflection with the power of AI, you'll walk away with practical ways to build on your strengths and accelerate your squiggly career.

🥇 Sign up for the sprint here: https://bit.ly/41jasYO

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

00:48 What are strengths and why do they matter?

02:13 AI prompts to help discover you strengths

08:20 Optimising your LinkedIn profile around your strengths with AI

09:19 Team activity: 3 ways to talk about strengths with your team

🎯 What You’ll Learn

* Why strengths evolve throughout your career

* How to use AI prompts to uncover and reflect on your strengths

* How to optimise your LinkedIn profile to reflect your value

* Ways to stretch your strengths in a team setting for more impact

📚 Resources Mentioned

Strengths Daily Summary - https://bit.ly/scss-ai-day1-summary

Amy Edmondson - https://amycedmondson.com/

Claude - https://claude.ai/

Canva's AI Tool - https://www.canva.com/magic-design/

Strengths Toolkit – https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction

📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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