Agree. The danger is not AI output, it’s AI output replacing human ownership. When leaders outsource responsibility, you get higher risk, higher liability, and slower delivery dressed up as ‘acceleration.’ AI should compress the work, not dilute accountability
This nails the core problem: most enterprises are sprinkling AI on top of broken workflows, then acting shocked when the ROI is zero.
Until executives give teams permission to redesign value streams end‑to‑end, all the Copilots and internal chatbots in the world will just generate nicer-looking workslop...
What I see in the organisations I work with is that the sleepwalking isn't accidental. Leaders freeze at exactly this moment because they built their authority around being the person who knows what to do. AI doesn't just expose broken workflows it exposes the model of leadership that created them. Owning that requires a kind of honesty that the hierarchy was specifically designed to protect against.
The Solo Chief moves fast partly because there's nobody above them to protect. The executive with three layers of reporting structure has a different problem. The question isn't just permission to redesign the workflow. It's whether they can lead in a way that admits the old design was wrong.
Agree. The danger is not AI output, it’s AI output replacing human ownership. When leaders outsource responsibility, you get higher risk, higher liability, and slower delivery dressed up as ‘acceleration.’ AI should compress the work, not dilute accountability
This nails the core problem: most enterprises are sprinkling AI on top of broken workflows, then acting shocked when the ROI is zero.
Until executives give teams permission to redesign value streams end‑to‑end, all the Copilots and internal chatbots in the world will just generate nicer-looking workslop...
I don't see how meeting summaries will 10X a value stream. 🤷🏻
What I see in the organisations I work with is that the sleepwalking isn't accidental. Leaders freeze at exactly this moment because they built their authority around being the person who knows what to do. AI doesn't just expose broken workflows it exposes the model of leadership that created them. Owning that requires a kind of honesty that the hierarchy was specifically designed to protect against.
The Solo Chief moves fast partly because there's nobody above them to protect. The executive with three layers of reporting structure has a different problem. The question isn't just permission to redesign the workflow. It's whether they can lead in a way that admits the old design was wrong.
Great insight!