... Some time ago, a friend of mine - a business consultant - brought up something during a live conversation that really stuck with me: If AI gives us back time, but we don t use that time more wisely - what have we actually gained? At first, it sounded like a clever observation. But the more I ve worked with AI tools across different teams, the more I ve seen it play out in reality. Yes, AI speeds things up. Yes, it automates ... ... work. So do we actually gain time using AI? Sometimes. But unless you re actively redesigning your workflow and incentives around that time gain, it evaporates. Faster tools don t beat slow systems and AI doesn t make us wiser