Free Track
AI Workforce Defensive Literacy
Published ranges from McKinsey, OECD, and Goldman Sachs suggest 25--40% of current work tasks could be automated at today's AI capability levels. This track helps you understand which tasks, what it means for your role, and what to do about it.
What this track covers
Seven modules designed for non-developer professionals. No jargon. Each module has worked examples from common roles, a "what to do this week" action block, and links to primary sources for the claims it makes.
What AI Can and Cannot Do
A plain-language map of where current AI systems perform reliably, where they struggle, and why those lines move over time.
12 min read
Audit Your Role: Task-Level AI Exposure
A structured method for mapping your daily tasks against AI capability -- so you can see what is genuinely at risk and where your value compounds.
13 min read
AI-Augmented Versions of Common Roles
What the accountant, marketer, writer, customer support specialist, and designer role looks like when AI handles the pattern work -- and where human judgment becomes the bottleneck.
15 min read
The Defensive Skill Stack
The skills that compound in an AI-augmented workplace -- judgment, communication, taste, and context -- and why they are durable compared to technical skills.
13 min read
Conversations With Your Employer
How to position your AI skills usefully without inadvertently making yourself redundant -- what to say, what to avoid, and how to frame AI use as organisational value.
12 min read
Tool of the Month: Practical AI in Your Workflow
Practical, category-by-category guidance on which AI tools to try in your week -- meetings, drafting, research, support -- with anti-hype framing and what to look for.
13 min read
When to Retrain, When to Switch, When to Stay
A decision framework for the bigger career question this track raises -- when to invest in retraining, when to switch role or employer, and when to stay and reshape what you have.
14 min read
AI capability changes fast
We update this track when published capability benchmarks or labour-market research materially shifts the picture. One email per month, when something changes that matters for your planning.
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Related resources
- AI tools for Irish workers -- practical tool comparisons on Vendors.ie, organised by use case (meetings, drafting, research)
- Best AI tools overview -- tools mentioned in this track and how they compare
- AI models compared -- the underlying model differences when picking a drafting or research tool