💡 The One Skill AI Will Never Replace (And Why You Need to Get Better at It Right Now)
AI can write your emails, analyze your data, and generate your presentations. But there's one skill it can't touch and that's the skill that will determine whether you thrive with AI or get left behind. It's not coding. It's not "being technical." It's not even "understanding AI." It's judgment. The Shift Nobody's Talking About We're watching a fundamental change happen in real-time, and most people are focused on the wrong thing. Everyone's asking: "What tasks will AI replace?" The better question is: "What decisions will AI force me to make?" Because that's what's actually happening. AI isn't replacing your work—it's replacing the easy parts of your work and leaving you with nothing but decisions. Think about what you do all day. How much of it is execution versus deciding what to execute? Before AI: - Spend 20 minutes writing an email - Spend 2 minutes deciding if the email says what you need With AI: - Spend 20 seconds getting a draft - Spend 5 minutes deciding if this is the right message, to the right person, at the right time, in the right tone The balance just flipped. AI handled execution. You're left with pure judgment calls. And here's what we've learned: Most people are really bad at this. What Judgment Actually Looks Like Let's get specific about what we mean. Judgment isn't "gut feeling" or "intuition" or "experience." Those matter, but judgment is something more concrete. It's the ability to: → Know what "good" looks like before you see it You can't just evaluate AI output, you need to know what you're evaluating it against. What's the goal? What's good enough? What's the standard? → Weigh trade-offs without perfect informationShould this email be short or detailed? Formal or casual? Is it worth taking more time to polish this, or is "good enough" actually good enough right now? → Understand context AI can't see AI doesn't know your company culture, your relationship with this client, what happened in the last meeting, or what political dynamics are in play. You do. That context changes everything.