Generative AI promised to make work faster, but for many teams it's making work heavier instead. This course, Leading Teams in the Age of AI, walks through why that happens and what to do about it. You'll learn the three ways AI quietly intensifies work even as it speeds up individual tasks, and the hidden costs of "workslop" — polished-looking AI output that lacks the substance to actually be useful. You'll get a concrete framework for designing AI-assisted workflows where human judgment leads instead of just reviewing AI output at the end, and five leadership principles for reducing workslop across your team. By the final module, you'll understand the judgment paradox facing every AI-augmented team — the same tasks that once built professional judgment are disappearing — and leave with practical ways to rebuild those conditions deliberately, not just work faster.

AI Slop: Fixing the Productivity Paradox at Work
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AI Slop: Fixing the Productivity Paradox at Work

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