The headlines are inescapable. Every day brings a new breakthrough in artificial intelligence, accompanied by a mix of excitement and apprehension. There is a lingering question in the minds of many professionals: will this technology replace me? 

There's a common assumption that AI is a technical domain: something that lives in the engineering team, gets handled by data scientists and stays well out of the way of everyone else. That assumption is becoming a liability. 

AI is already reshaping how organisations compete, make decisions and manage risk. The leaders driving the most value from it are the ones with the judgement to ask the right questions and guide responsible adoption. That's AI fluency.