While on paternity leave, Brian used Cursor to build a functional app prototype, revealing AI’s potential to accelerate development beyond traditional design tools. Upon returning, he launched an AI upskilling initiative that gained executive support and sparked cross-functional engagement. His two-pronged adoption strategy combined asynchronous self-learning with live, interactive sessions to build technical fluency across teams. To sustain momentum, he emphasized experimentation, creative exploration, and peer-driven knowledge sharing. A centralized AI Knowledge Center on Confluence established a 'golden path' for secure, compliant tool usage in collaboration with legal, security, and finance. Success was measured through sentiment surveys and adoption metrics. Brian also demonstrated AI’s value concretely by building an MCP server that visualized real-time user data, influencing the product roadmap. He stresses that non-technical roles must understand technology to lead effectively, and that taking ownership of emerging tools like AI can be a powerful career accelerator.