Discover What You're Actually Good at Talking About
Your most valuable expertise is the part you assume everyone has. A four-question framework for pulling it back into view.
Members: watch the recordingKey takeaways
- The invisible skills paradox
- Questions have a ceiling
- AI as an objective career coach
- The 4-question extraction framework
- Practical tips and hacks
The invisible skills paradox
Capabilities you exercise daily become 'invisible' because you assume everyone has them. Your most valuable assets live in unmined lived experience, not your resume or LinkedIn.
Questions have a ceiling
Generic questions limit creative reflection. Ask targeted questions designed to pull out hard-won lessons, workarounds and personal paradigms.
AI as an objective career coach
Humans suffer from self-doubt and subjective bias. Using AI as an interactive role-play interviewer spots patterns across your answers without judgment.
The 4-question extraction framework
External evidence: what do colleagues and peers consistently ask you for? Earned knowledge: what did you learn the hard way, with no playbook? Strong disagreements: which mainstream beliefs in your field do you genuinely challenge in the shift from practitioner to domain leader? Credibility builders: what frameworks, checklists or rules did you create after past mistakes?
Practical tips and hacks
Hook your AI into past chats, emails and project logs so it can cross-reference actual historical evidence of what people consult you on. Instruct the model to ask follow-ups one at a time and probe deeper when answers stay surface-level. Keep a standing 'brand guidelines' document of your core values, leadership philosophy and earned knowledge to adapt for roles or speaking opportunities.
What members walked out with
Your positioning isn't invented. It's extracted. The evidence is already in your history.
Bonus power prompts
The invisible expertise interviewer
“Act as an objective executive coach. You will interview me one question at a time to uncover my 'invisible skills' and true brand voice. Do not ask all questions at once. Ask one question, wait for my response, and if my answer is surface-level, ask a probing follow-up before moving to the next. Questions to ask: 1. External Evidence: What do colleagues consistently ask you for help with? 2. Earned Knowledge: What project/task did you have to figure out the hard way with no guide? 3. Disagreements: What common industry practice do you strongly disagree with? 4. Credibility Builders: What frameworks or rules did you create following a major mistake? After all 4 questions, synthesize the patterns and list my top 3 unique positioning topics ranked by evidence strength.”
