Your workforce doesn’t need more AI. It needs play (opens in new tab)

Ask a room full of professionals what percentage of their working day is improvised. The answer is always the same: 60, 70, 80%. Maybe more. Then ask how many have had professional improv training. The silence is answer enough. This matters because AI has made work less predictable, not more. Faster decisions, higher stakes, and more ambiguity. The skills this moment demands— thinking on your feet, tolerating uncertainty, responding to the unexpected with something other than panic—are exactl...