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Mastering the AI Capability Gap: Why Domain Experts Must Lead AI Integration Before the Window Closes

18 Nov 2025

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Abstract: Artificial intelligence presents organizations with an unprecedented paradox: the engineers building AI systems possess limited insight into optimal applications within specific professional domains, while domain experts often lack the technical fluency to unlock AI's potential in their fields. This capability gap creates a strategic window for practitioners who bridge both worlds—combining deep domain knowledge with AI literacy—to establish competitive advantages before commoditization occurs. This article examines the structural reasons behind this expertise divergence, quantifies the organizational stakes of the capability race, and provides evidence-based frameworks for domain experts to systematically discover, validate, and institutionalize high-value AI applications. Drawing on innovation diffusion research, organizational learning theory, and documented cases across healthcare, legal services, and financial analysis, we demonstrate that first-mover advantages in AI application development yield compounding returns through proprietary workflow optimization, talent retention, and market repositioning. The analysis concludes with actionable strategies for building durable AI capabilities that transcend tool adoption to fundamentally reshape competitive dynamics within professional fields. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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