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The Brilliant Siobhan Savage joins us in Episode 54 to talk about Work Design (a topic we all need to spend more time on).
Enterprise AI adoption isn't failing for lack of use cases or because agents aren't smart enough, it's failing at the first principles of work design.
Reejig CEO Siobhan Savage joins Meg Bear and Amy Wilson to reframe AI transformation for the enterprise. The constraint isn't agent capability, it's aligning AI with workflows, org structure, and business outcomes. Siobhan breaks down why workflows are critical to AI enabled work, how to build internal AI Work Design capability instead of outsourcing to consultants, and why transparent, human-centric change management beats token-based theater.
In this conversation:
Why "AI-first" measured by token spend makes employees hate AI
Where humans stay in the loop — nothing is running end-to-end yet
Upgrade vs. reimagine: why you don't "vibe code the bank"
How the best companies get surgical with use cases — and why the CIO + CHRO + CFO trifecta matters
Chapters:
00:00 The dumbest "AI-first" metric leaders celebrate
00:52 Meet Siobhan Savage, CEO of Rejig
03:34 Reejig's mission - building the way the world works
05:21 How Reejig built 25 models of real work
07:50 Where automation lands today - sub-tasks, not jobs
09:40 It's not an agent problem, it's a work design problem
11:07 From tasks to workflows & the ROI shift
13:23 Who's actually buying - CIO + CHRO + CFO trifecta
16:22 Inside the AI Work Design team
20:34 Work Architects vs AI Work Designers vs Agent Builders
27:05 Job Architecture vs Work Architecture
31:07 Why the workforce is dysregulated right now
34:26 Being bold & responsible with AI
37:53 Stealth change management explained
42:18 Leaders must set expectations, not theater
46:42 Energy, structure & what lights Siobhan up
49:08 Leadership Corner - Should you hire a Chief of Staff?
58:28 AI vs human Chief of Staff
Watch the Shorts from this episode on the channel all week.
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