Who Decides What Work AI Does?
Published on: 13/10/2026
Deciding what work AI does is becoming a permanent leadership function. Most organizations don’t have the infrastructure to do it well. Here’s what they need.
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Deciding what work AI does is becoming a permanent leadership function. Most organizations don’t have the infrastructure to do it well. Here’s what they need.

Karen French joins the Talent Rewire team as a consultant.

AI takes tasks before it takes jobs, and when it absorbs three of eleven tasks, the role survives as a different bundle with leftover hours. Most companies pick cutting and attrition because they require you to see nothing.

The board questions are getting more specific. "AI transformation" is in every strategy deck, but the follow-up "what does that actually mean for our people?" is the one nobody answers cleanly.