Today, many companies (especially tech organizations) are touting their efficiencies and their reduced head counts. Increased efficiency (whether or not from AI) is great, but reduced head counts are not the only way to monetize it. That is the static approach.
The dynamic approach is to focus on growth to utilize your spare capacity of workers. So, if you previously needed 200 employees to serve your current customer base, and AI now lets you do it with 100, you can focus on doubling your customer base and not laying anyone off!
Realistically, it will probably end up being a combination of staff reduction and growth, but right now the news is just filled with talk of layoffs.
But layoffs are defensive. Now is the time for offense! With employees freed up, and AI now reducing costs, now it's time to go after new markets, such as customer segments that could not afford your product. If you previously served the upper mid-sized companies and large corporations, now you should be able to introduce products for lower mid-size and smaller businesses.
The dynamic
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