Does AI force us to rethink how teams work?

If every person on a team suddenly has access to an indefatigable, versatile, patient collaborator, what changes? This article maps the distortions observed in the field and offers a framework for recomposition.

The myth of individual gain

The dominant story presents AI as a multiplier of individual productivity. In the field, I see the opposite: the most durable gains happen at team level, when the team agrees to revisit its rituals - who drafts, who reviews, who decides, and when.

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Four team roles to redraw

• The writer becomes the editor-in-chief of their own first drafts.
• The reviewer becomes the judge of accuracy, not of form.
• The manager becomes the designer of shared prompts.
• The subject-matter expert becomes the source of truth that validates what AI cannot know.

This recomposition is neither automatic nor gentle. It has to be worked through. That is precisely what an AI Activation Sprint is for.