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Reading a Team's Pushback on AI as an Early Warning

By Rob Cannon and Matt Perry

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In brief

Three kinds of pushback on AI, what each one tells a leader, and how to respond.

It treats resistance after a rollout as information about where the rollout needs attention.

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