AI Work Redesign: Know When to Assist, Rebuild, Wait, or Quit
The evidence says
Use bounded assistance first; redesign or rebuild only after the relevant evidence gates pass.
Compare whole-workflow value, performance, control, resilience, and workforce capacity before increasing the scope of change.
ZAPHAN posture
ACT + EVALUATE
Begin with bounded assistance. Increase the intervention only after the relevant evidence gates pass.
Decision gates
- SCALE
- When economics, performance and controls are demonstrated
- LIMIT
- When value exists only within a bounded scope
- DEFER
- When decision-critical evidence is insufficient
- STOP
- When economics or risk cannot justify production
