AI in Action Why AI adoption starts with employee happiness
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Aug 26, 2025 Deborah Lovich, a Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, shares her insights on using AI to enhance employee happiness. She argues that AI should reduce menial tasks and boost joy in the workplace. Deborah highlights the importance of understanding employee needs and fostering strong managerial relationships. She advocates for a collaborative approach to AI adoption, focusing on employee involvement and well-being. Discover how prioritizing people can lead to motivated teams, reduced turnover, and increased profits.
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Reframe Gen AI As Making Work Better
- Framing Gen AI as "making work better" reduces employee fear and increases adoption.
- Point the technology at soul-sucking toil and preserve tasks that give people joy and identity.
Survey Calendars To Find Toil
- Ask employees to map recent calendar time to task categories and rate enjoyment, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- Use that data to identify where Gen AI can remove toil without destroying meaningful work.
Three Admin Segments At BCG
- BCG found three admin segments: lifers, launchers, and leavers and adjusted tools per group.
- They removed tedious checks but preserved the Tetris-like scheduling that lifers loved.