GoKawiilKey Takeaways Scott Galloway is a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, entrepreneur and podcaster.
In a new interview, Galloway said that storytelling is the most durable skill for the AI era.
He said that the ability to analyze data, create a narrative arc and communicate well across different platforms will outlast other trends.
NYU Stern business school professor Scott Galloway says in an AI-driven future, your priority should be on building lasting, practical skills — especially the ability to tell compelling stories and form strong relationships, which he predicts will remain valuable no matter how industries change.
On an episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast released earlier this week, host Steven Bartlett asked Galloway which abilities will be most valuable in the years ahead. (Galloway is also an entrepreneur; he founded the digital intelligence firm L2 in 2010 and sold the business to Gartner for $160 million in 2017.)
Galloway noted that about a decade ago, many private schools poured resources into teaching Mandarin and computer science. The schools assumed those skills would give students a long-term advantage. In hindsight, he argued, that bet hasn’t paid off the way many expected.
“How’s that worked out?” Galloway said. “‘Thank god my kid knows Mandarin,’ said nobody right now.”
Instead, he argued that the next generation should prioritize what he sees as a timeless advantage: the ability to tell a strong story. “That’s your ability to look at data, create a narrative arc and then communicate that story in a compelling way via all the different mediums,” he said. “I think you have to write well.”
Scott Galloway. (Photo by Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Galloway said top CEOs tend to stand out for their storytelling ability. He gave examples like Jeff Bezos’s early shareholder letters and Jensen Huang’s high-energy, arena-style presentations. These examples are “very compelling,” Galloway said.
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