AI Won't Replace You — But Your Predictability Will. Here's How to Stay Irreplaceable.

Key Takeaways

Efficiency is no longer a safeguard — AI thrives on predictability, and the more routine your work becomes, the easier it is to automate.

To stay irreplaceable, cultivate curiosity, challenge your own patterns, and build the creative, cross-disciplinary habits machines can’t mimic.

Last week, I took a prospect call with a director who proudly told me that her team could “do their jobs in their sleep.”

She meant it as a compliment to their efficiency . I heard a death sentence.

Because here’s what I’m seeing across enterprise clients right now: AI doesn’t replace jobs — it replaces predictability.

The “boring” people getting automated out aren’t dull personalities. They’re the ones who’ve turned themselves into human flowcharts.

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