GoKawiilSAP research finds most companies plan AI's productivity impact but not job redesign
New SAP research shows 62% of C-suite executives are unhappy with how poorly their people and business performance data are integrated. While half of organizations plan for AI's effect on productivity, only 21% plan for its impact on job design and organizational structure, exposing a major disconnect between HR, finance and procurement systems.
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Workforces now blend employees, contractors and AI systems performing real execution-layer work, meaning decisions like automation ripple across headcount, skills and spending simultaneously. Companies that only track productivity gains from AI while ignoring organizational redesign risk making costly workforce decisions without understanding their full consequences.
- 62% of executives are dissatisfied with integration between workforce and performance data
- Only 21% of organizations plan for AI's impact on job design versus 50% for productivity
- Fragmented systems across HR, finance and procurement create blind spots in workforce decisions
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