brAInfood: What can you do to ensure workability with AI in the workplace?

Date of publication: December 2023

AI innovations in the workplace can have a huge impact on workability indicators (such as work stress, motivation and wellbeing) and risk indicators (such as workload, task variation and autonomy). When involving employees in innovation trajectories, not only the technological innovation itself, but also the social and organisational innovation associated with it are taken into account. AI innovation processes will run more smoothly because their potential impact and the conditions for successful adoption are clear.

The best way to involve employees always depends heavily on the type of AI technology, but also on the work and business context in which the technology will be implemented. That consideration and analysis should be thoughtfully done by employers in order to roll out a successful innovation trajectory.

If you want to know more about employee engagement in AI innovations, we recommend the vision paper ‘Werknemers betrekken zorgt voor betere adoptie van AI-innovaties op de werkvloer, en voor werkbaarder werk.’ (only in Dutch) from the Knowledge Centre Data & Society (publication date December 2023, soon available).

In this brAInfood you can read about:

• AI technology in the workplace
• Areas of concerns with AI in the workplace
• Types of participation of employee involvement