AI Adoption Challenge: Too Much Productivity Breaks Org Systems

emollick · x · 2026-07-31

Ethan Mollick points out a real issue with AI adoption: organizations are traditionally built around a narrow expected range of human productivity.

When employees use AI to generate output that far exceeds expectations, current approval processes, staffing models, and coordination systems often cannot absorb the explosive efficiency gains. Too much output can sometimes become a burden on the system.

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