The Gap Check — which level is your job asking for?

1. A new system lands in your team. What can you do with it?

Follow the training and use it as instructedUse it well and work around its quirksSay what it structurally cannot do, and push backSpecify and commission the replacement

2. You are asked to sign off on a report built from data you did not gather.

I sign it; someone else owns the numbersI check the figures add upI trace the numbers to source and refuse what I cannot defendI designed how those numbers are produced

3. How do you currently use AI tools in your work?

Barely, or not allowed toFor drafts and summariesOn real tasks, and I check the output against somethingI build the workflows other people use

4. A model output looks confident but feels wrong.

I would probably not noticeI would re-run it and compareI can name why it is wrong and evidence itI can change the process so it stops happening

5. Your organisation's rules for what you may do with these tools:

I do not know what they areI know roughly where the document isI know what they mean for my own work and can apply themI helped write them

6. You want a change made and it needs budget.

I raise it and hope it gets picked upI write it up when askedI build the case with numbers and defend it in the roomI own the budget line

7. How much of the transformation happening around you did you help design?

None — it arrives as announcementsI get consulted lateI influence the parts that touch my workI design parts of it

8. When a vendor demos something, what do you ask?

Not much — I am not the technical onePractical questions about features and priceWhat it cannot do, and what happens when it failsI write the requirements they are answering

9. If you left tomorrow, could someone pick up your work from your documentation?

No — most of it is in my headPartly, with a long handoverYes, the important parts are written downYes, and the process is designed for that

10. What does your job now expect from you that it did not five years ago?

Honestly, I am not sure yetUsing new toolsJudging and defending work I did not build myselfDesigning how the work is done

Which level is your job actually asking for?

Answer all ten to see your level (0/10)