🧠 When Expertise Meets Exponential

Why Yesterday’s Experience Is Today’s Blind Spot

Author

Wade Kerzie
July 14, 2025

“The future used to creep in on tip-toe. Now it barrels through the front door, drinks your coffee, and rearranges the furniture before you’ve finished your first cup.”

⚡ 1 | The Speed Check

  • 67% of companies already use AI for core tasks

  • AI saves the average knowledge-worker ~58 minutes per day

  • Up to 30% of U.S. jobs could be automated by 2030

Experience now ages in dog-years—and most professionals are still measuring in calendar years.

🤝 2 | Two Well-Meaning Offers

Two smart friends (tech sales veterans) recently said to me:

“Let me vet your opportunities and review your course content. I’ve got decades in the industry.”

They meant well. A decade ago, I would’ve said yes.

But their offer exposed a deep truth:
Traditional expertise assumes human bottlenecks still matter.

🔍 3 | Reality Check: Infinite Experts, On Demand

With AI, I can:

✅ Cast GPT as any specialist—alive or dead
âś… Generate 10 go-to-market strategies before lunch
âś… Spot blind spots by reasoning across thousands of perspectives

So why would I…

  • …wait for someone’s calendar?

  • …rely on one person’s feedback?

  • …risk their bias when I can synthesize global insights in seconds?

Asking one person to replace that is like handing a walkie-talkie to coordinate a Mars rover.

đź’Ą 4 | The Hard Truth (Served Gently)

If your edge is “30 years in the industry,” that edge just dulled.
Expertise matters—but only when paired with AI.

🧱 Outdated Reflex

🚀 Upgraded Habit

“I’m the expert—ask me.”

“I’m the curator—let’s ask the model, then add my nuance.”

Gatekeeping knowledge

Open-source questions to AI, then verify with context

Climbing ladders

Sprinting with copilots

🧭 5 | What to Do Next

  1. Adopt an AI-first, human-refined workflow.
    Let the model generate. Then guide, tweak, verify.

  2. Run weekly de-expertise drills.
    Take something you “know for sure.” Ask AI to challenge it.

  3. Invest in training that matches the new world.
    Raw models are powerful. But workflow + structure = ROI.

🙌 6 | A Friendly Close

To my friends who offered their wisdom—thank you.
Your insight is welcome... after we let the model run the first lap.

The world just hit exponential.
Partner with the machine—or get paced by it.

There’s still a seat next to me on this train—if you’re ready.

🚨 7 | Take Action

👤 For Individuals:
Join the next AI Fundamentals Course (3 sessions, hands-on, high-impact).
👉 kerzieconsulting.com

🏢 For Teams:
Book an AI Executive Express Line and we’ll map your automation roadmap in a week.
👉 kerzieconsulting.com/scheduling

Let’s future-proof—together.
—Wade