---
id: "action-redefine-human-value"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ 1. Develop your AI augmentation strategy"]
tags: ["strategy", "role-design"]
related: ["concept-ai-augmentation-strategy", "concept-humane-imperative"]
action: "Assess how roles will change and define the new skills employees must deploy to add value beyond AI."
outcome: "A clear AI augmentation strategy that prevents workforce commoditization."
speakers: ["Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic"]
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-edu-36-team-collaborate-with-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2024/11/set-your-team-up-to-collaborate-with-ai-successfully"
sourceTitle: "Set Your Team Up to Collaborate with AI Successfully"
---
# Assess and Redefine Human Value Post-Automation

**Action:** Assess how roles will change and define the new skills employees must deploy to add value beyond AI.

**How:** Conduct an organizational assessment to determine exactly which tasks AI will automate in specific roles (e.g., recruiters searching keywords, fixing typos). Then explicitly define the new, higher-value 'humane' skills (e.g., candidate empathy, client counseling) those employees must deploy to maximize the value of the time saved.

**Outcome:** A clear [[concept-ai-augmentation-strategy-d9]] that prevents workforce commoditization by redirecting reclaimed time into the [[concept-humane-imperative]]. This is the operational form of pillar 1 of [[framework-5-ways-ai-collaboration]].