Mar 17, 2026
As artificial intelligence spreads across industries, entire categories of work are beginning to change — and some roles are disappearing faster than expected.
In this week’s Power & Impact, I spoke with Jo McKinney of the Board of Innovation, a firm that works with companies on emerging technologies. She shared a piece of advice she’s been giving to people trying to navigate this uncertain moment:
Instead of focusing only on which AI tools to learn, re-imagine your profession from scratch. If your field — marketing, law, finance, or something else — were created today with AI already part of the system, how would it work? What tasks would disappear? What would humans do better? What new capabilities might suddenly become possible?
In other words, don’t just ask how AI can help you do the same job faster. Ask how the entire job might be reimagined. That shift in thinking may turn out to be one of the most valuable skills anyone can develop in the years ahead.
Jo shared several other ideas about how people and companies can prepare for what’s coming next. If you’re thinking about how AI might affect your own career, I hope you’ll take a few minutes to listen to the full Power & Impact conversation.