AI replaces jobs -- how to win at AI adoption

IBM given the nickname "Big Blue" set the blue standard for today's tech industry. They're not just a machine learning leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant, they're a household name. And they dropped a bombshell that they used AI to replace jobs.

This mindset of AI as the ultimate job replacer is just one thing you need to navigate through to have a good AI adoption. Compressed timelines, justifiable fears, and reframing AI adoption to not be a digital transformation. AI adoption is a Business-Culture-Digital transformation. It's BCD transformation.

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RESOURCES REFERENCED

Tech layoffs 2025: IBM lays off 8,000 employees as AI replaces HR department (Business Today)
https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/tech-layoffs-2025-ibm-lays-off-8000-employees-as-ai-replaces-hr-department-478053-2025-05-28

The vast majority of CEOs are fearful of losing their jobs due to AI, survey reveals (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/05/09/ceos-fear-losing-jobs-ai-survey/

Unleashing AI: Canada’s blueprint for productivity, innovation, and workforce integration (Macdonald Laurier Institute)
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/unleashing-ai-canadas-blueprint-for-productivity-innovation-and-workforce-integration/

McKinsey Is Using AI to Create PowerPoints and Take Over Junior Employee Tasks: 'Technology Could Do That' (Entrepreneur)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/ai-creates-powerpoints-at-mckinsey-replacing-junior-workers/492624

Dream job no more? AI is coming for Wall Street’s entry-level Junior Analyst roles, and experts say it’s just the start (Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/dream-job-no-more-ai-is-coming-for-wall-streets-entry-level-junior-analyst-roles-and-experts-say-its-just-the-start/articleshow/121628287.cms