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Change, AI, and the bits nobody plans for

  1. 2d ago

    The Bill Comes Later

    The hard part of any technology change is never the technology, it is everything that comes after. Frank examines why organisations that moved fast on AI are now quietly rebuilding what they dismantled, and what it looks like when adoption is confused with deployment. He covers the shift from AI pilots to hard accountability inside major enterprises, the uneven way workforce disruption lands on women, and new legal protections in California limiting how employers can use AI against workers. Frank on the real cost of unmanaged change, who ends up carrying it, and what organisations can still do to close the gap. Sources: - https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366651921/Enterprises-are-growing-the-use-of-AI-but-proving-what-it-earns-is-the-harder-part - https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366652152/Infosys-boss-describes-AI-job-fears-as-hogwash - https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/oct/15/is-your-boss-watching-you-the-rise-of-ai-surveillance-at-work-podcast - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/california-ai-laws-worker-protection - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/04/women-ai-jobs-inequality - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/ai-companies-rushed-workers-fallout

  2. Oct 13

    Who gets left behind when change accelerates

    The gap between artificial intelligence investment and human adoption is the most important problem in business right now, and almost nobody is naming it honestly. Frank argues that this is not a technology problem but a change problem, and that the burden of that gap is falling hardest on the people with the least power to redirect it. Frank covers the two and a half trillion dollar AI investment figure, the uneven workforce impact on women, the mistake of automating easiest tasks first, and what new regulation and workforce data tell us about where organisations are falling short. Sources: - https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/10/01/how-to-divide-work-between-humans-and-ai-agents/ - https://www.forbes.com/sites/courtney-connley-hampton/2026/09/30/ai-could-force-11-million-americans-into-new-careers-by-2035-new-report-predicts/ - https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02/1143774/redefining-enterprise-intelligence-with-autonomous-ai/ - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/29/barclays-softens-return-to-office-plans-for-uk-staff-after-backlash - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/california-ai-laws-worker-protection - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/04/women-ai-jobs-inequality

  3. Oct 6

    The human cost of moving fast

    Deploying a tool is not the same as changing how work actually gets done, and that gap is where careers, organisations, and accountability are quietly breaking down. Frank argues that AI adoption, workforce displacement, and the rise of autonomous systems are not separate problems but the same problem in different forms. He covers the difference between activity and real transformation, the human cost hiding inside McKinsey's workforce numbers, and what it means when an AI agent acts on your behalf before anyone has decided who is responsible. This episode is for anyone who has sat in a room where people nodded at a slide and called it change. Sources: - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/toyota-claims-plan-for-400000-factory-robots-wont-replace-human-workers/ - https://fortune.com/2026/09/21/indeed-ceo-hisayuki-idekoba-broken-hiring-process-ai-fake-applicants-recruiter-struggles-cant-find-right-talent/ - https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Agentic-AI-in-the-enterprise-why-governance-not-adoption-will-define-the-winners - https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/10/01/ai-adoption-is-everywhere-but-transformation-is-not/ - https://www.forbes.com/sites/courtney-connley-hampton/2026/09/30/ai-could-force-11-million-americans-into-new-careers-by-2035-new-report-predicts/ - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanreichental/2026/09/26/ai-demands-are-taking-a-toll-on-business-leaders-says-psychologist/

  4. Sep 29

    The humans in the middle

    Most companies are investing in AI tools and ignoring the people who have to make them work. Frank looks at why only six per cent of organisations are seeing real value from AI, the burnout quietly affecting the leaders being asked to drive adoption, and what Toyota's humanoid robot programme reveals about worker trust. Frank on the human cost of the AI moment, the gap between announcement and reality, and why leader wellbeing is not a soft concern but the mechanism that makes change land. Sources: - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/toyota-claims-plan-for-400000-factory-robots-wont-replace-human-workers/ - https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366651313/Consumers-want-strong-independent-oversight-of-banking-AI - https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/09/16/only-6-of-companies-get-value-from-ai-heres-what-they-do-differently/ - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanreichental/2026/09/26/ai-demands-are-taking-a-toll-on-business-leaders-says-psychologist/ - https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ai-and-its-main-promoters-are-not-enterprise-ready-says-gartner/5296074 - https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996775/ai-is-feared-globally-as-the-destroyer-of-jobs

  5. Sep 22

    The bit after the announcement

    Most organisations are building AI strategies with a gap at the centre: nobody has decided who is responsible when something goes wrong. Frank argues that accountability is not a technical problem but an organisational design problem, and that the cost of avoiding it is rising fast. Frank on the lessons from a water technology firm that could not move from pilots to scale, a UK government department whose accountability fell through the cracks of a restructure, and why the organisations doing this well treat adoption and accountability as the same conversation, not sequential ones. Sources: - https://www.cityam.com/government-admits-burnhams-whitehall-shake-up-leaves-tech-policy-in-limbo/ - https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366650472/Executive-interview-Reckitt-has-no-fear-of-missing-out-on-the-AI-frenzy - https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/09/17/accountability-the-ai-issue-no-one-is-talking-about/ - https://www.forbes.com/sites/ey/2026/09/14/from-ai-ambition-to-enterprise-execution/ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/ai-bootcamps-uk-youth-unemployment-neets-preston - https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ai-and-its-main-promoters-are-not-enterprise-ready-says-gartner/5296074

  6. Sep 15

    Nobody's watching

    Real AI governance is not a policy document or a committee, it is a human habit, and most organisations have not built it yet. Frank draws on three converging stories, a UK government technology vacuum with no clear successor, fabricated citations reaching an Australian parliamentary inquiry, and research on how humans and AI systems actually operate together in daily workflows, to make the case that the technology is no longer the hard part. Frank on accountability gaps, the difference between deploying AI and governing it, and why naming who is responsible for checking an output is where real governance begins. Sources: - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/metas-scrapped-plans-to-go-ai-native-included-slashing-teams-by-60-percent/ - https://www.cityam.com/government-admits-burnhams-whitehall-shake-up-leaves-tech-policy-in-limbo/ - https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Human-AI-chemistry-the-real-differentiator-in-enterprise-AI - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/how-misinformation-ai-hallucinations-infiltrating-australian-parliament - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/ai-bootcamps-uk-youth-unemployment-neets-preston - https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/08/27/ai-use-among-uk-teachers-doubles-but-working-hours-still-dont-come-down/5292551

  7. Sep 1

    The Clarity That Comes From Stopping

    Being organised and being present are not the same thing. Frank returns from a genuine break, laptop closed, and shares what the quiet revealed about spinning plates, misplaced energy, and the question that matters most: are the things you are spending your life on actually worth spending a life on? Frank on stillness as a tool, the difference between motion and momentum, and why the ice cream and the Nintendo Switch taught him more than any system could.

  8. Aug 18

    The Productivity Hack Nobody Wants: Just... Stop Working

    Being physically present is not the same as actually being there. Frank returns from a family holiday having learned this the hard way, after spending the first half of it with the laptop open and his attention elsewhere. Frank on the cost of half-presence, why senior leaders struggle to make a clean break from work, and what happened when he finally closed the laptop and stayed closed.

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Change, AI, and the bits nobody plans for

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  • Creator
    Frank Awuku
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    2026
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    17
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