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Executive Technical Fluency Research Note

Technical fluency is the ability to decide responsibly across purpose, economics, data, dependencies, risk, and evidence. Coding is neither required nor sufficient.

Aug 4, 20261 min readBy Dalton Anderson
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Executive Technical Fluency Research Note

Technical fluency is the ability to decide responsibly across purpose, economics, data, dependencies, risk, and evidence. Coding is neither required nor sufficient.

NIST's AI RMF assigns executive leadership responsibility for AI risk decisions. Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 connects governance to enterprise risk. The SEC's cybersecurity disclosure rule requires covered companies to disclose management's role and board oversight.

A tabletop tests whether evidence, authority, communication, and business consequence meet before a real incident. CEO attendance depends on the decision, not ceremony.

Sources

Follow the evidence.

  1. NIST AI RMF Measure guidanceairc.nist.gov
  2. human-AI interaction appendixairc.nist.gov
  3. current leadership pageen-us.thebigword.com
  4. Companies Housefind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  5. FRED's Nasdaq Composite seriesfred.stlouisfed.org
  6. WordSynk 2.0 support noticesupport.thebigword.com
  7. official WordSynk pagethebigword.com
  8. high-tech employment analysisbls.gov
  9. 2026 AI business-use analysiscensus.gov
  10. early e-commerce measurement recordcensus.gov
  11. current retail e-commerce releasecensus.gov
  12. tabletop exercise packagecisa.gov
  13. 2025 to 2026 funding rulesgov.uk
  14. privately funded apprenticeship guidancegov.uk
  15. provider guide to delivering high-quality apprenticeshipsgov.uk
  16. employer guidegov.uk
  17. whole-problem mapping guidancegov.uk
  18. ISO 17100 recordiso.org
  19. Gould's current professional profilelinkedin.com
  20. service-blueprinting guidancelocal.gov.uk
  21. DotCom Manianber.org
  22. NIST: Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework, Generative Artificial Intelligence Profilenist.gov
  23. NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0nist.gov
  24. AI-washing statementsec.gov
  25. cybersecurity governance and incident-disclosure rulesec.gov

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