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what is cognitive offloading and how can you avoid it

Learn more about cognitive offloading and why your teams need to avoid it: When people outsource their critical thinking to artificial intelligence, they risk losing essential skills and producing unoriginal work that doesn’t do what it sets out to do. Research shows that relying entirely on AI often reduces problem-solving ability and efficiency on complex projects. Do your outputs help your organization build trust with talent and clients, or do they include all the AI tells that make them think twice about working with you? To protect professional expertise and performance, teams must use AI as a collaborative tool rather than a replacement for critical thinking. By keeping human intent and judgment at the center of technology use, organizations can preserve authentic communication and drive meaningful results. Watch to learn more about this challenge, then read Sam’s article for three practical ways to protect critical thinking and elevate team performance. #RandstadAdvisory #SignalsFromTheEdge #CHRO #AIforHR #AItips #productivity #BusinessPerformance #FutureOfWork #CognitiveOffloading #HumanIntent #AIslop #Trust #Authenticity #Skills #WorkplaceAI

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Sam has over 20 years of experience in the Talent arena. Most recently as a Head of Talent Acquisition at Barclays Plc. Sam led Professional Hiring globally and has partnered the full portfolio of business areas in Investment Banking, Consumer, Payments and Infrastructure. Sam was also the custodian of the Assessment and Talent Attraction services in addition to being the Accountable Executive for the partnerships with the global RPOs for all permanent and Contingent Worker solutions. She has driven large change programmes through design to embedment, delivering commercial and experiential objectives. Sam has passion for innovation, transformation and differentiation and the bringing together of people, process and technology for improved performance.

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