AI is becoming an integral part of organizational life, yet many workplaces adopt these technologies without a clear grasp of their implications.
In this seminar, Katja Einola presents findings from her and Violetta Khoreva’s award-winning research on how AI is reshaping work, focusing on common misconceptions and the organizational challenges that emerge when technology is misunderstood or poorly contextualized.
Einola discusses how anthropomorphic views of AI influence managerial decisions, how organizations often overlook the new skills and roles needed to support AI and why assumptions about automation frequently misrepresent the reality of work practices. She also explores how AI initiatives interact with existing workplace tensions, sometimes amplifying them. Their work argues for more informed and critical engagement from HR functions and people in leadership positions.
About the lecturer
Katja Einola is an Associate Professor of Management and Organization at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Director of the Centre for Responsible Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research (SIR). In addition to her academic work, she advises organizations on leadership and HR challenges related to strategic and technological change. Before entering academia, she held various expert, advisory, and leadership roles in both small enterprises and large multinational firms.
Katja’s research and teaching focus on teams, virtual work, leadership, HRM, artificial intelligence, and the role of ignorance in organizations. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Organization Studies, Leadership, The Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management, Applied Psychology, British Journal of Sociology, and Human Relations. A self-described global nomad, Katja has lived on three continents and speaks six languages fluently.
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