Roles lag behind AI
The work is changing faster than the roles, and the people least sure where they fit are the ones you can't afford to lose.
The roles have gone unclear, and everyone's guessing. People need to know where they stand. Without it, they don't wait around to find out.
How we'd handle it
We've held teams together through changes that couldn't wait for the org chart to catch up. We work with leadership on where the roles are actually going, and with the people on what that means for them: concretely enough that the ones you need can see a place worth staying for.
Where we've done this
At Enigma, a fast-moving startup, roles kept shifting. As team lead over three sub-teams, I built a process that gave everyone a shared goal, and open conversations built trust across very different disciplines. That gave people real stability amid constant change.
Redis scaled hard, and roles moved with it. I took over a team that had gone silent and rebuilt it over video calls, without ever meeting them in person. They ended up measuring themselves by what they shipped together. The people we needed stayed.
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