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How AI is Changing the Definition of Good Performance
If you run or work in a small business, you’ve probably had at least one conversation this year that sounded like:
“Will AI replace our jobs?”
“Is this going to make people redundant?”
“Should we be worried?”
And the honest answer, according to the latest CIPD research is:
Not really. But the way work works is changing. Fast.
Where SMEs do need to focus?
Building the Skills Your Business Needs by 2035
Most small businesses are feeling it already.
Not the big flashy stuff like robots taking over the office or AI rewriting job descriptions while you sleep, but something much quieter. A slow, noticeable shift in what “good” looks like at work.
It Gets Dark at Lunchtime… and Somehow That Got Me Thinking
It gets dark at lunchtime and my to-do list is in rebellion… so I checked my “ta-da list” instead. What I found said more about this year, and about business growth than I expected.