There was a moment I caught myself thinking: Maybe they’re right.

Maybe experience doesn’t matter.

Maybe AI really can replace experts.

That doubt hit me harder than I expected.

Because if you’ve poured years into something, building your career, raising a family alongside it, navigating challenges no one sees, the thought of all of that being replaced in an instant feels, well, slightly crushing.

But what if there’s more to being an expert than knowledge?

Recently I had a conversation with a globally respected authority in education.

She told me about teaching in London, in a school full of kids who didn’t want to be there.

Kids who had been told they weren’t capable of learning.
Kids who walked out before the lesson even began.

And yet she found a way to reach them. Through music. Through stories. Through sheer presence. Through a unique and powerful process forged over time.

That wasn’t a line on her CV.

It wasn’t something she learned in a textbook.

It was lived expertise, the kind no AI could ever replicate.

And that’s when it hit me: your story is the gold that AI can’t touch.

AI can swallow information, process it and spit it back out faster than you can blink.

What it can’t do, what it will never do, is stitch together the messy, multidimensional, heartbreakingly human fabric of your life.

The late-night boardroom battles.

The year spent backpacking in foreign lands.

The resilience it took to rebuild after grief, or find courage after failure.

AI can replicate information. It cannot replicate you.

Your power is in your unique perspective.

This is where the shift comes in. Expertise is no longer about what you know. It’s about who you are, and how you see the world.

The experts who thrive from here won’t be those who cling tightly to knowledge.

They’ll be the ones brave enough to bring their whole selves to the table, the stories, the scars, the aspects they had previously kept hidden.

The unique lens shaped by their entire story.

Here are five ways to start building your unique perspective:

Name your lenses.
Think about three life experiences that changed how you see the world. A career pivot. A personal loss. An overseas posting. Supporting aging parents. These are your unique lenses. They shape how you notice, interpret, and create. AI doesn’t have them.

Tell one story.
Pick one story from your journey that still makes your heart race. The client you fought for. The project that nearly broke you. The moment that changed everything. Share it. Stories build bridges AI can’t cross.

Mash your worlds together.
Look at the overlaps in your life. A lawyer who also coaches soccer. A CFO who loves to roller skate. A doctor who grew up in a family business. Those overlaps? They are the seeds of your unique perspective.

Reframe your expertise.
Stop asking, “What do I know that AI doesn’t?” Start asking, “How do my experiences shape the way I see what I know?” The power isn’t in the facts, it’s in the lens you bring to them.

Commit to showing up.
Not every day will feel easy. Not every story will land. But showing up, even when it feels vulnerable, is where authority is built. Courage is contagious, and that’s an ingredient AI will never be able to bring to the table.

So here’s my question for you:

What story have you been keeping on the sidelines and how does it give you a perspective AI could never replicate?

Because the experts of the future won’t be those with the most polished information. 

They will be those with the most powerful point of view.

And that means it’s time to share yours.

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