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Podcast: Leadership Article Review Podcast
Episode: When Artificial Intelligence Becomes the Teammate: Rethinking Innovation, Collaboration, and Organizational Design in the GenAI Era, by Jonathan H. Westover PhD
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Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the collaborative foundations of knowledge work. This article synthesizes findings from a large-scale field experiment involving 776 professionals at Procter & Gamble to examine how GenAI transforms three core pillars of teamwork: performance outcomes, expertise integration, and social engagement. Results demonstrate that AI-enabled individuals achieve solution quality comparable to human teams, effectively replicating traditional collaborative benefits while breaking down functional silos between technical and commercial domains. Contrary to concerns about technology-driven isolation, participants reported significantly more positive emotions when working with AI. These patterns suggest organizations must move beyond viewing AI as merely another...