Alex used to say it automatically.

"Oh, I'm not really technical."

Like a disclaimer she'd learned to offer before anyone could accuse her of overstepping.

Then she described her morning to a friend:

Asked Claude to rewrite a project brief. Used Copilot to draft an email. Ran a search through ChatGPT. Had Canva AI lay out a deck.

Before 9am.

Her friend looked at her.

"That's not technical?"

Here's the reframe:

The real definition of technical is using the right tools, in the right way, to get a real result.

By that measure, you've been technical for a while.

"The 'not technical' label was never yours to keep. It was handed to you by a culture that wanted you to stay small and stay out of the room. You don't have to hand it back politely. You can just put it down."