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Designing a team AI adoption playbook — companion videos

The article treats adoption as an organizational design problem, not a tooling one — pilots, champions, training, evals, and honest measurement of where AI actually helps. These two Ethan Mollick conversations sit on either side of that: one zoomed in on what leaders and teams should actually do this quarter, one zoomed out on the scenarios you are planning against.

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1:00:20

Every leader needs this AI strategy | Ethan Mollick explains

Sana

An hour with Mollick on what AI inside organizations actually looks like — why "cut costs" is the wrong framing, why traditional org charts are bending, and what "AI-native" teams do differently. Sits below the usual 100k bar but it is the cleanest practitioner-level conversation about adoption strategy from the researcher most consistently cited on this topic, and the playbook concerns in the article map almost 1:1 onto his framing.

What you should get from this: Frame AI adoption around workflow change, capability building and realistic organizational risk.

Watch or know first: None — but it's aimed at people who own an adoption decision, not first-time AI users.

AI Expert note: Under our usual view bar; kept because it's the cleanest practitioner-level adoption conversation from the researcher the article leans on most.

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08:29

Wharton professor: 4 scenarios for AI's future | Ethan Mollick for Big Think+

Big Think

A tight 8-minute version of Mollick's "four scenarios" model — static, linear, exponential, AGI — and why teams should plan against scenario two or three rather than betting everything on either extreme. Useful when you're trying to get a leadership team to agree on what they're actually preparing for before you write the playbook.

What you should get from this: Use multiple AI future scenarios to plan adoption without betting the company on one forecast.

Watch or know first: None — watchable cold.

AI Expert note: Use it as a leadership alignment tool: eight minutes that get a room to agree which scenario it's planning for before anyone writes the playbook.

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