ACE-AF-07BeginnerTier 1 · Core
AI & the Future of Work: What Changes and What Doesn't
Prepare for changing work patterns by separating what AI can support from the human strengths that remain essential.
What you’ll explore
- Describe the realistic near-term impact of AI on work, separate from hype and fear, by distinguishing tasks from jobs and reading claims and statistics critically
- Distinguish between tasks likely to be automated, augmented or unaffected by AI, and explain the limits of AI including confident errors and bias
- Identify the human capabilities that become more valuable as AI handles more routine work, and the two opposite career risks of ignoring AI and overclaiming it
- Apply the Task Audit framework to their own role to map AI impact, and commit to a specific, measurable AI experiment for the week
- Articulate a personal positioning strategy and create a 90-day action plan for building AI readiness in their role, with safe handling of personal information
Course outline
01What the Evidence Actually Says: Automation History, Tasks Versus Jobs, and the Research Behind the Headlines60 min
02What AI Is Good At and What It Isn't: Automated, Augmented and Uniquely Human Work60 min
03Roles That Changed and Did Not Disappear: Case Studies and the Augmentation Sweet Spot60 min
04Human Skills in an AI World: Judgement, Trust, AI Literacy and the Two Career Risks60 min
05Your Role in an AI-Augmented Workplace: The Task Audit, Your Experiment and Your 90-Day Plan60 min
Who it’s for
Any professional curious or concerned about what AI means for their role Managers who need to help their teams navigate AI-related change HR, learning and development, and people leaders responsible for workforce planning Anyone who has completed AI Fundamentals #01 to #06 and wants to understand the implications for their career Teams undergoing AI transformation who need a shared language and framework