---
id: "quote-ai-org-chart"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ Should You Treat AI Like a Teammate?", "¶ 6"]
tags: ["job-security", "org-design"]
related: ["concept-identity-confusion", "concept-ai-anthropomorphization-risk", "claim-identity-uncertainty"]
speaker: "Study Participant"
speakers: ["Study Participant"]
quote: "If you want people to feel like they will lose their job to AI, or can be easily replaced by AI, then put it on the org chart."
sources: ["tail1"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail1"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-tail-104-treat-ai-like-teammate"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/should-you-treat-ai-like-a-teammate"
sourceTitle: "Should You Treat AI Like a Teammate?"
---
# AI on the Org Chart

> "If you want people to feel like they will lose their job to AI, or can be easily replaced by AI, then put it on the org chart."

**— Study participant** (from the [[entity-bcg-economists]] / [[entity-boston-university-professor]] experiment)

## Context
A poignant, first-person articulation of [[concept-identity-confusion]] and the broader [[concept-ai-anthropomorphization-risk]]. It captures the psychological threat behind the quantitative findings in [[claim-identity-uncertainty]] (13% more identity uncertainty, 7% more job-security concern, 10% lower trust): the very act of placing AI on the org chart signals to humans that they are replaceable. Fortune's reporting quotes a closely matching participant line, corroborating this sentiment.