Already Prompt Engineers

Every manager knows how to brief a contractor.

Goal. Resources. Timeline. Success criteria. Check-ins.

That's prompt engineering.

We've been teaching this skill for decades. We just called it "delegation." The best delegators at your company? They're already your best prompt engineers.

They just don't know it yet.

Watch a good manager brief someone. They don't dump information. They structure it. They define what "done" looks like.

Same skill. Different recipient.

(The AI doesn't get frustrated when you're too vague, though.)

Here's what breaks: Companies teach prompt engineering like it's coding. Classes on syntax. Workshops on parameters.

Meanwhile, your managers already have the core skill.

The gap isn't knowledge. It's translation.

Your sales manager who writes crystal-clear vendor briefs? They'll write better prompts than your engineers. They think in outcomes, not features.

Take their best brief from last week. Turn it into a prompt.

They'll get it immediately.

That's how you scale AI adoption. Not through technical training.

Through recognition.