AI Shifting Professional Identity
Jun 14, 2026You are not learning a new tool when you use AI.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆.
Much of who we are centers around our professional identity. We find meaning, we find purpose, sometimes we even find a calling in our careers.
So when AI shifts the tasks we do, the impact goes far deeper than just rearranging how we spend our work day. It reaches down to the question of "𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘪𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦?".
And this is our moment in time to reflect on how we truly want to answer that question. To ponder not only who we are, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.
Thank you David Rice with Black & White Zebra for inviting me to engage in this fascinating dialogue about the future of work with you on the People Managing People podcast!