/the uncomfortable middle: ai without the layoffs
What if AI adoption didn't have to mean layoffs? Diane Weaver, co-founder and COO of Baryons, joins James to explore the "uncomfortable middle" of enterprise AI — the gap where jobs are being reshaped but new ones haven't arrived yet. They dig into why top-down AI mandates breed shadow work and sabotage, how IKEA turned 8,000 at-risk support reps into a $1.5B new revenue line, and why the organizations that win will rethink workflows — and the human role — instead of just cutting headcount.
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