Build your capabilities and shape your contribution.

Begin with how AI feels to you, where it unsettles you and where it excites you, and what that means for how you approach it. Name your signature thinking skills, the judgment and know-how people come to you for that you don't want to hand over. Then choose one recurring piece of work to focus on.

Learn a simple routine for thinking before you ask, and practice it on a real decision from your week. Compare your own reasoning with AI output. Start a map of where AI is reliable in your kind of work and where further checking is needed.

Practice briefing AI as you would a capable colleague, using a tool your organization allows. Question the response and ask for alternatives. Compare what comes back with your own judgment, and take one question to a colleague for another perspective.

Using AI is its own kind of work. Checking output, switching between tools and the pull to use AI for everything can leave you more drained than before. Look honestly at your AI week, set limits that protect your focus and recovery, and decide where any time you save should go. Choose one weekly practice that keeps your core skills strong without AI.

Map one task or workflow step by step and consider what could be simplified within your organization's goals. Decide where your judgment needs to stay and agree any approvals or support before testing a change. Bring your learning together in a personal Human-First AI Playbook, including how you brief AI, check quality, and protect your thinking, focus and energy. Share useful practices with colleagues where relevant; intact teams can also agree shared working practices. Set your next steps and a date to review what is working.