Human Advantage Briefing: How to redesign work around AI - and who should be doing it.

The first in a series of Human Advantage Briefings from The Career Innovation Company, sharing what we are seeing as teams adapt to AI, with partners and other voices joining us along the way.

The context

AI has moved out of the pilot phase and into people’s hands. Not through a carefully planned rollout, but because the tools became good enough, and cheap enough, that people simply started using them.

The numbers are striking. On recent surveys, around 3/4 of people using AI are using tools their own organisation hasn’t approved, and roughly 1/2 of all knowledge workers now rely on AI the business did not give them.

The underlying challenge

When half your people are quietly using AI to do parts of work differently, work is already being redesigned. It is just happening invisibly, one person at a time, with no shared logic or discussion.

A recent FT article described this as ‘mass toe-treading at work’: people using AI to do bits of each other’s jobs, blurring the boundaries that used to hold teams together. Some find it energising – but others feel the ground shifting under them. Either way, it’s happening without anyone deciding it should.

What this session will explore

Join Rosemary McLean, Director, and Jon Matthews, CEO, from The Career Innovation Company for a practical insight session sharing:

• What is actually happening on the ground as AI moves into everyday work
• Why unmanaged, individual redesign erodes collaboration and confidence
• How team culture can move from anxious and individual to confident and collective
• What we’re learning about making this happen, and the patterns that make it work or stall
• Why the human side – helping people see a future they want and feel safe enough to shape – turns out to be what makes redesign succeed

And, drawing on nearly 30 years of helping people move towards careers they actually want – why confidence about their own future is key to people engaging honestly with how their work is changing.

Who the briefing is for

People who can already feel this happening in their own organisations, and who are inclined to let their teams have a proper go at shaping it, rather than waiting for a perfect plan from above.

Facilitators

Jon Matthews – CEO, The Career Innovation Company

Jon leads The Career Innovation Company with a focus on helping large employers unlock opportunity for everyone through careers. With three decades’ experience spanning consulting, learning and product innovation, he partners with senior HR leaders to embed scalable solutions that boost engagement, mobility and productivity. Jon has been at the forefront of shaping how careers can transform organisations, convening HR leaders globally to share practice and impact.

Rosemary McLean – Director, The Career Innovation Company

Rosemary is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Registered Career Practitioner with over 30 years’ experience. She has supported global businesses to develop compelling career propositions and embed impactful solutions, including ‘Be Bold in your career’, which has a proven track record in boosting internal career mobility. A Fellow of the CIPD, CDI and NICEC, she is widely recognised as a thought leader in creating positive career partnerships that drive both performance and satisfaction.