We are exiting the era of someone knowing the answer and entering the era where everyone around the room can say – “I think it’s this”.
During a call, everyone can bring up their AI tool du jour, copy and paste an error message in, and come back with a “I think it is this”.
It’s not the answer; there is no analysis, there is no surety in what we are trying to solve.
Having more information is great, but if it’s not directed to the solution at hand, it’s just more noise.
Whereas we used to have people who would dig into a problem, analyze it from all angles, consider it against what they know, and then come back with an answer on what the problem is.
We called them “Thinkers”, those who thought critically about what was being said and why.
You still want these people on your team because they are going to be the ones to filter out the noise and get you what you want.
The answer to the problem.