Tools are moments. Capabilities compound.
Summary
As design organizations race to adopt AI, many still measure readiness through tool fluency — who can use ChatGPT, Claude, or Figma Make the fastest. But tools, as we’ve learned, are ephemeral. The deeper challenge is defining the durable human capabilities that remain valuable as AI fundamentally reshapes design work.
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