Future of work
Notes on future of work.
Future of work
AI won’t just take junior jobs. It can make juniors operate like pros.
AI gives every junior a patient bench of advisors and gives seniors leverage on their judgment. Whether that builds careers or deletes them is a design choice.
Abundance won’t distribute itself
Whatever happens to Musk’s 2036 prediction, how AI-driven abundance reaches people and work depends on decisions leaders make.
Experts should use AI too. Linus Torvalds does.
Torvalds using AI on kernel work shows that expertise is what makes AI useful, with direct implications for how HR runs AI programs.
Train for decisions, then make room to apply them
AI literacy means sound decisions in real work, and new skills only stick with time, an assignment and feedback.
Be clear about what shared time is for
Whatever the hybrid arrangement, teams get more from time together when they agree what it is for.
Decide what saved time is for before rollout
AI time savings only become value when the use of freed capacity is agreed upfront and hidden costs are counted.
Build a workforce plan you can adjust
Plan the workforce across adoption scenarios with clear triggers, instead of defending a single long-term number.
Scheduling software needs an owner too
Systems that allocate or evaluate work need a named owner and a correction route, whether or not they are called AI.