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This week · Brief №026 · 19 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Redesign the Work, Don't Bolt AI onto Old Jobs

Redesigning work and talent around AI, rather than adding tools to old processes, is what separates front-runners, so L&D's job is operating-model redesign and new role archetypes, not tool training alone.

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Staff at companies that redesign work report more from AI than staff at companies that only add tools, and that makes L&D's job bigger than tool training.

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