At Odds: Owners Want AI Cost Savings, Employees Need Upskilling

If you own a law firm, there’s a lot to like about AIIt can make you way more efficient, without adding staffTake a darker view, and AI means that you can potentially let go of current staff, in favor of an AI tool (or, tools), that can replace existing staffNow, of course, your employees aren’t dumb – you wouldn’t have hired them, if they were – and, they realize thisThis set of circumstances, of course, creates a problem: Why would your employees use AI, if they know that it’s going to be used to replace themWould you? 


 

So, how do you – as a business owner – incentive your employees to use AIWell, your staff wants upskilling trainingIf they are effectively being asked to offload a portion of their job responsibilities to an artificial intelligence, they’ll want to replace that skillset with anotherFor those employees to continue to justify their roles, they know and understand that their roles will have to changeIn other words, they’ll need to do more of the things that the machines can’t do . . . yetThus, if you’re just asking your staff to replace themselves, without a viable alternative: you’re not only setting them up for failure – you’re setting yourself up for failure, as well. 

 

The upshot: Don’t ask your employees to use AI for their job, unless you have a plan for upskilling, that you can relay to them at the same time. 

 

It’s a win-win. 

 

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Do you have a plan for how AI is going to affect your law practiceIf not, let’s talk. 

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