BOC 111 Production at the speed AI demands

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Anthropic released Opus 4.6 this month, it wrote a C compiler in 2 weeks.

Who cares? We all should, because for the very first time I heard this expression:

We will be asked for production at the speed AI demands - that is what companies are going to expect from humans. Consider that for a moment: companies will begin demanding that humans produce at the speed of AI because it will be the humans that are slowing things down.

Back in my corporate days I wasn’t able to go much quicker than I already was, not and still sleep, anyway.

But some people are already pushing themselves harder and faster for longer. This article from the Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-red...) caught my eye. Researchers followed 40 staff at a 200-employee tech firm from April to December 2025 to see whether generative AI changed their work habits.

Here’s a quote from that research:

"We found that employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so," the researchers wrote. "Importantly, the company did not mandate AI use (though it did offer enterprise subscriptions to commercially available AI tools). On their own initiative, workers did more because AI made 'doing more' feel possible, accessible, and in many cases intrinsically rewarding."

In other words, people themselves worked longer hours, at a faster pace and “did more”.

Who benefits? The company mainly. The shareholders definitely. The people themselves? Maybe not so much as I wonder how long that increased tempo will be sustainable.
So What?

Here’s what - it seems to me that humans have 2 choices, either to get faster and faster to keep up, or to shift to doing something that AI won’t be able to replace quite so easily or quickly. Or perhaps at all.

The skill increasingly in demand now is not production, but direction. It’s not about creating stuff, but about using the tools to create the right stuff.

Humans must have clarity and focus on what is essential. People will describe the outcomes, not perform the process. The skill that matters most now is clarity of intention - knowing what you want and being able to clearly articulate that.

The emphasis has shifted from execution to judgement.

Production at the speed AI demands - that is what companies are going to expect from humans.

Those that do well will not try to compete at production with AI agents. They will be skilled at being able to see what is truly needed and be able to describe that fully so that agents can create it.

We will need experience, insight, discernment, judgement. A deep understanding of what is required by customers, clients and other stakeholders. To be able to know the direction and clearly state it.

To judge quality and suitability for purpose.

This is a style of human working that organisations have been under-investing in for decades while they drive towards productivity.

How do we do better at supporting and growing our people?

How to we ensure that they have the clarity and insight needed to be able to see the solutions?

How - in short - do we make sure that our humans turn up at work grounded, rested, awake, aware and concentrating well so that they can think clearly, not just bash out “stuff”?

I don't accept the status quo. When I worked in corporate, I did my best to craft a life that worked for me, my young family and my employers And when it went wrong, I left that work and created a new life according to my own rules.

It's not easy, but it is possible. When you are ready to stop saying 'yes' to things that feel bad, there is another way to - bit by bit - make a new life for yourself and those you love.

When that time comes - I'm here and I'll show you how.