For 30 years, we played a game of telephone.
The business leader knew what they needed. They explained it to a business analyst. The analyst translated it into requirements. The requirements went to developers. The developers built something. Months later, it came back. And it wasn't quite right. More meetings. More revisions. More frustration.
The game was necessary because technology required technologists. The only people who could build software were the people who understood code. Business leaders had the problems. Engineers had the tools. And a whole industry existed to bridge the gap.
That game is over.
AI changes the equation fundamentally.
You don't need to translate your needs into technical requirements anymore. You don't need someone to convert your business logic into code. You don't need to play telephone.
Now you tell AI what you want, in plain language, and it gives it to you.
The people who understand the work can now build the solution.
That's you.
Think about what you actually know:
You're not missing anything. You have the most important ingredient.
We've spent decades elevating technical skills to an almost mythical status. The people who could code were special. The people who understood systems were essential. The people who spoke the language of technology held the keys.
That elevation was real because those skills were genuinely scarce and genuinely necessary.
But the scarcity is ending. The necessity is shifting.
Now the scarce and necessary skill is understanding what needs to be built. Knowing what problems matter. Recognizing what good looks like. Having the judgment to know when AI is helping and when it's not.
Those are business skills. Your skills.
For most of the digital age, business leaders have been consumers of technology. Someone else built the tools. You used them.
AI inverts this.
Now business leaders can be creators of technology. Not by learning to code, but by learning to direct AI that codes. Not by becoming technologists, but by applying business expertise to technology creation.
The shift isn't about acquiring new skills. It's about applying the skills you already have in a new way.
If you can describe the work, you can build the AI.
The future of work isn't something that happens to you. It's something you create.
Every AI workflow you build. Every process you automate. Every hour you free up for higher-value work. You're building the future.
Not watching from the sidelines. Not waiting for vendors. Not hoping IT will prioritize your projects.
Building. Shipping. Learning. Iterating. Leading.
You already know enough to start.
The only question is whether you will.
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EverWorker
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