I got scared that AI would take my job. Then I read two things that changed everything.

A few days ago I had a moment of genuine fear about AI. Which is mildly ironic — I’ve spent 20 years helping leaders navigate exactly this kind of moment. Even more ironic? The tool that scared me has no emotions whatsoever.

The research is clear: AI adoption is intensifying workloads, not reducing them. Focused, high-value work actually fell 9% among AI users. And as George Sivulka of a16z puts it — productive individuals don’t automatically make productive firms. We’ve swapped the motor. We haven’t redesigned the factory.

Read the full piece at markwinter.com.au →

This article connects to the Pragmatic Change principle: start with what you’ve got. The technology exists. The organisational redesign is the hard part — and the human part.