[mouzogu]

> every field has "technical" skills.

> they're simply the skills used to produce the work.

it's contextual, words can mean different things in different context.

in my work technical skills just means that you are a manager who progressed through engineering. you understand our problems and speak in the same terms.

non-technical is just someone from a different contextual background. although in their own context of dealing with humans ("soft skills") is also a "technical" skill in that it require specific skills which we engineers may not have.