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Future Skills
25 June 2026 · Mathias Otte
The Automation Paradox: Why Replacing People Is Making AI Less Valuable
Here is a paradox worth sitting with. The organisations racing hardest to cut headcount with AI are quietly erasing the very judgment, problem framing and oversight that make AI outputs worth acting on.
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Future Skills 25 June 2026 · Mathias Otte
The Automation Narrative Is Leading Us Astray
Everyone is bracing for AI to erase jobs. I think we are bracing for the wrong thing.
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AI Adoption 21 June 2026 · Mathias Otte
The Adoption Illusion: When AI Rollouts Reshape Busywork Instead of Workloads
AI adoption is climbing. Productivity is flat. Most organisations look at this gap and assume the problem is technical. Better models. More training. Fresher prompts. But the gap is rarely technical; it is disciplinary.
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