Still hiring for job titles? That’s yesterday’s playbook.

At TechWolf’s flagship AI Day 2025 in Ghent, CTO & co-founder Jeroen Van Hautte closed the evening track with a wake‑up call for every leader shaping the future of work. His message was simple, sharp and impossible to ignore: Don’t use AI to replace people, use it to amplify their skills.

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From org‑centric to 100× worker‑centric

Most companies start with the org chart and ask, “Where can AI slot in?” Jeroen flips the lens: begin with the individual, super‑charge them with AI, and the org chart will have to reinvent itself around that power.

• The 100× worker is real. AI crushes waiting time, widens every person’s “zone of genius,” and strips out daily distractions.
  
  
• Focus, leverage, ship. High‑impact tasks, ruthless prioritisation, and rapid iteration separate AI‑first performers from the pack.
  
  
• Smaller, faster teams. When every contributor can operate at 10–100× productivity, teams shrink, silos vanish, and collaboration becomes intentional instead of bureaucratic.
  
  

Why traditional enterprises crack under AI speed

Enterprise structures were built for capacity planning, not skill fluidity. As AI shifts the bottleneck from time to skills, three fault‑lines appear:

1. Department walls. Work now moves at the pace of cross‑functional goals, not functional silos.
   
   
2. Static headcount plans. Annual FTE forecasts miss fast‑moving skill gaps.
   
   
3. Blurry IC‑manager lines. Everyone suddenly manages agents—and needs the judgment to direct them.
   
   

Build the skill data layer or fall behind

Progress hinges on a dynamic map of who can do what, now and next. With a live skills graph:

• Redeploy before you recruit. Move qualified talent to high‑value work in days, not quarters.
  
  
• Upskill with precision. Target learning to the exact competencies each role will need tomorrow.
  
  
• Stay AI‑native. Continuously refresh AI skills across the workforce to keep the flywheel turning.
  
  

The playbook in one sentence

Amplify humans first, and let AI handle the rest.

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