Q7　Does a Veteran's Experience Become Worthless in the AI Era?

The Short Answer

Experience becomes an asset carried into the future.

Unpacking the Question

Does a veteran's experience become worthless in the AI era?
I believe the exact opposite.
As AI advances, people sometimes say "experience will no longer be needed."
But what is truly ending is not experience itself.
It is the era of keeping experience locked inside a single individual.
In my book "The Story of Enterprise Redefinition," there is a craftsman who has spent forty years machining parts.
The movements of that craftsman's hands.
The feel.
The judgment.
AI keeps learning those decades of accumulated technique, like an apprentice.
Wisdom once held by one person alone is inherited through AI and passed on to the next generation.
This is not the replacement of skill.
It is the succession of skill.
AI is not a being that takes experience away.
It is a being that carries experience into the future.
And so, what holds value in the AI era is not only "those who possess experience."
It is those who strive to leave that experience to the future.
Experience is not something that disappears.
It is reborn as an asset for creating the future.

Implications for Management

The experience and tacit knowledge accumulated in a company are vital intangible assets.
In the AI era, you need mechanisms that convert them into future value for the whole organization, rather than leaving them locked inside individuals.
By combining veterans' experience with AI, a company can build a competitive advantage all its own.
Experience is not a relic of the past, but an asset for creating the future.

How Would You Answer?

Will the experience you have built over the years end as yours alone?
Or will it become an asset passed on to the future?