🚨 AI isn’t coming for your IT job, but it WILL change your role

You cannot log onto LinkedIn, the news or any other platform without AI being mentioned. Over the past year, the question I hear most from mid-to-senior IT people isn’t about cloud, cyber, ERPs or architecture.

It’s this:

“How will AI affect my job… and what do I need to do to stay relevant?”

Here’s the truth: AI won’t replace you.

But IT professionals who use AI will absolutely replace those who don’t.

So, what is happening in the real world?

1️⃣ AI is eliminating tasks, not careers: things that are potentially disappearing are things such as manual creation of test cases or user stories, low-level coding and project documentation. 

2️⃣ Strategic thinking is becoming more critical: as AI saves time, organisations' expectations for IT professionals are rising to areas such as effective stakeholder communication, business and customer insights, IT strategic advisory, product mindsets, value generation and data-driven decision-making. 

3️⃣ The future is leaning towards “AI-augmented professionals”: not those who use AI to do their jobs, but the ones who leverage it to accelerate IT delivery, improve quality, reduce operational risk or maximise business outcomes. 

4️⃣ So what is the biggest risk? Standing still: it is not the case of rapidly acquiring AI skills, but instead having a willingness to move with the times, so you can become more agile and competitive in the marketplace. 

5️⃣ What you can do to stay ahead: 

✔ Shift from task-based to outcome-driven brand positioning and storytelling

 ✔ Show how AI enhances your position and does not replace it

 ✔ Build commercial and cross-functional fluency

 ✔ Strengthen communication, leadership and influencing capabilities

 ✔ Reposition yourself as a strategic partner or change catalyst

 ✔ Demonstrate adaptability

If you are wondering how to position yourself for the next era of IT, I can help to turn uncertainty into clarity, confidence and opportunity. For over 26 years, I was in the IT sector, witnessing how people felt threatened by technology and helping them to adapt so they could work alongside it, not against it.

I am adapting to an AI world, not allowing it to replace me, but learning to use it to work smarter, while staying true to my authentic self and creating powerful personal brands!