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An Entrepreneur contributor opinion piece warns that pressure to 'move fast' on AI adoption is pushing leaders into hasty decisions on technology, talent and investment. The author cites a finding that nearly one-third of U.S. hiring managers whose companies cut jobs due to AI have since rehired for some of those roles, and notes a survey showing only two in five leaders reflect on decisions weekly.
A contributor column advises business owners to list the ten recurring tasks a proposed hire would actually perform and sort them into judgment, relationship, repetition and coordination categories before approving a new position. The piece argues that hiring is often a default response to growth, even when the real bottleneck is a broken workflow rather than a lack of people. It cites Census Bureau data showing only about 17-20% of businesses use AI, with Sales, Strategy and IT as top adopting functions where automation could resolve repetitive work.