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Today we're really getting into the thick of it, the future of work, and we're not just talking flashy AI tech, we're focusing on the human side. How do you get your workforce ready, you know, aligned. Our source material today is straight from the front lines. It's Red Hawk Technologies Streamline and Scale Newsletter issue four, and it does a great job, I think weaving together three key things.

Leadership through change, prepping the AI workforce and streamlining operations.

Yeah, absolutely. And our mission today, well, it's pretty straightforward. We wanna pull out the real strategy, the actual tactics leaders are using right now. How are they moving faster, but also with more confidence? It really boils down to aligning people, process and technology.

You know, the insight we keep seeing is that the winners in this AI economy, they're not just the ones with the fanciest tools, it's the companies with adaptable people. That's the. Defining factor. Yeah.

Okay. Adaptable people. Let's start there because that brings up maybe the biggest hurdle for CEOs, especially in the mid-market, right?

How do you handle that very real fear people have about AI and automation taking their jobs? How do you stop that fear from Well, grinding everything to a halt?

Yeah, that's crucial, and the sources are really clear on this. Step one is acknowledgement. You just can't dismiss that fear ignoring it. That just makes things worse.

It breeds anxiety, distrust. Silence is definitely not golden here. It's unique. Dialogue.

Exactly. Yeah. Leaders need to create that space, that psychological safety for open, candid conversations about what's changing. That's how you build trust, especially when things feel uncertain. And once you have that trust, then you can start shifting the story.

Shifting the story. How so?

The old story was all about replacement. You know, automation comes in, cuts, costs, eliminates jobs. That's the fear. The new narrative, the one leaders need to champion is augmentation. It's about enablement,

augmentation, meaning the tech helps people, doesn't replace them

precisely.

AI takes over the low value, [00:02:00] repetitive stuff. The tedious tasks nobody really wants to do anyway. And that frees people up for the higher value work. Things like creativity, strategic thinking, real customer interaction stuff humans are uniquely good at.

Okay, that reframing makes sense, but let's make it really concrete.

If I'm an employee, what does augmentation actually look like on a, you know, day-to-day basis?

Okay, good question. Let's take a market analyst. Maybe before they spent, what, almost half their time, just manually pulling data from different places summarizing reports. Now AI can whip up that first draft synthesis almost instantly,

right?

So the analyst, they're not spending hours summarizing. They're spending their time digging into the why. They're spotting geopolitical risks, maybe sensing subtle market shifts, thinking of new client strategies. Their job shifts from just gathering data to applying real judgment.

That sounds much more engaging, frankly.

More strategic too. But let's talk about the cost side. I'm picturing A CEO listening to this thinking, okay, re-skilling everyone sounds nice, but is it just a feel good thing, right? [00:03:00] Or is there actual ROI here?

That's always the question, isn't it? And the source material argues pretty strongly that re-skilling isn't really an expense.

Think of it more like a strategic investment.

An investment in what? Exactly?

In workforce resilience. When you show you're committed to an employee's growth. To their future within the company you're building adaptability and that resilience, the ability to pivot talent quickly, that's what drives competitiveness long term.

Plus, you keep your best people better. Retention, lower hiring costs. Those are definite ROIs.

So it signals commitment to the person not just filling a specific job slot that might disappear.

Exactly. It's about investing in your people's potential in this new landscape.

Okay, so empathy and transparency lay the groundwork.

You invest in re-skilling, but how do leaders actually equip their teams? It's one thing to say, don't worry. Another to give them the actual skills.

Right? And that's the shift from just managing fear to proactively preparing people. This is where the source uses a really great analogy. [00:04:00] They compare AI to a high performance supercar.

It's incredibly powerful, incredibly fast, huge potential.

But you wouldn't just toss the keys to someone who's never driven one

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