What AI means for your career

Reflecting on your role, authority and responsibility in the AI age.

Introduction

AI is already reshaping professional work. Some predict catastrophe. Others utopia. The truth is: we do not know where this is going, but the ground beneath our professions is already shifting.

AI already saves us tons of time on many tasks. We find ourselves consulting AI rather than humans. But we also realise the risk of having AI do all the legwork, and most of the thinking, when we have to defend its reports and proposals. And we feel the vertigo of realising the knowledge we’ve acquired over years, is now produced by AI, in seconds, and accessible to anyone who prompts.

Before we continue hurtling blindly towards a future with AI, we should probably take a moment to orient ourselves. To reflect on where we are, where we sense things are moving towards in our unique domain areas, and how we should, psychologically and practically, reposition our professional selves.

This is not a course on mastering AI tools. It is not a set of predictions about which jobs will disappear or which skills will be in demand. It is a structured month of reflection for professionals who want to think seriously about what this moment means for their authority, responsibility, roles and careers.

The programme takes the socio-technical reality of organisations as departure point, meaning the fact that people and technology are working hand-in-glove. It also works on the premise that there are both conscious and unconscious psychological dynamics at play in the process of relating to technology, taking up and changing one’s role.

The programme will help you clarify your authority and stance, re-think your value and reposition your career deliberately rather than reactively.

No hype. No panic. Just disciplined thinking in a time that demands it.

Who is this for?

This programme is designed for professionals whose work involves thinking, analysing, advising, designing, writing or making judgments in complex situations. Participants may include consultants, managers, academics, analysts, lawyers, psychologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and other knowledge workers who sense that AI is beginning to reshape the terrain of their profession.

You do not need to be an expert on AI. In fact, the programme is particularly relevant if you are still working out what the technology may mean for your role, your authority and your ongoing professional value.

What matters is a willingness to reflect seriously on your work and how you wish to position yourself in a rapidly changing landscape.

The programme

Webinar

The programme begins with a live opening webinar. In this session, we will explore some of the central questions that professionals now face in terms of their own sense of security, authority, value and responsibility as we navigate the uncertain process of rethinking our roles in the age of AI. What is changing? What remains (and becomes) ours? What happens to our authority and authorship when our thinking is assisted by technology? Where are the new boundaries of responsibility and accountability?

Details

  • Date and time: Friday 10 April 2026, 15:00 – 16:30 SAST. (Recording will be shared with registrants who cannot make this time.)
  • Cost: R460.00 (including VAT). The webinar fee will be credited toward the Month of Reflection if you register for the programme.
  • Registration deadline: 30 March 2026
  • Spaces are limited. Early registration recommended.

Month of reflection

Following the webinar, participants may join a four-week reflective cohort. Small groups of international peers will engage in an intensive thinking process. We will work with both the conscious and unconscious dimensions of your unique professional role as we grapple with the implications of the questions raised during the webinar.

  • Week 1: The disruption map
    Where is AI already reshaping your work? What feels destabilised? What is becoming commoditised?

  • Week 2: Authority and responsibility
    When AI assists your thinking, what remains yours? What are you accountable for? What does it now mean to “hold” authority?

  • Week 3: Scarcity and value
    What becomes rare and therefore valuable in an AI-shaped landscape? How must your value proposition evolve?

  • Week 4: Deliberate repositioning
    What will you strengthen, redesign or let go of? What concrete steps will you take in the next 90 days?

The reflective month consists of a combination of curated reading and video content, live and asynchronous reflective discussions, essays and personal feedback. By the end of the month, you will have clarified your stance, re-articulated your value, and begun repositioning your career deliberately rather than reactively.

Details

  • Timeframe: 15 April – 15 May 2026. Live session timings to be set collaboratively. All sessions will be recorded.
  • Cost: R4 830.00 (including VAT). The programme fee includes participation in the webinar.
  • Early bird registration deadline for 10% discount: 30 March 2026
  • Final registration deadline: 13 April 2026
  • Spaces are limited to 24 participants, who will be divided into two groups.

Programme director

The programme is directed and facilitated by Dr. Jean Cooper, organisational psychologist and executive coach specializing in the psychodynamics of leadership and organisations.