{"id":3000085710,"date":"2026-10-22T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3000085710"},"modified":"2026-10-22T06:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:16:02","slug":"ai-is-making-us-more-autonomous-so-why-are-we-working-together-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/ai-is-making-us-more-autonomous-so-why-are-we-working-together-more-than-ever","title":{"rendered":"AI is making us more autonomous. So why are we working together more than ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At WeWork for Business Paris<\/a><\/strong>, leaders came together to talk about AI, organisations and the future of work. The conversation raised a question that goes far beyond technology: what happens to the way people work together when AI can do more of the work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That question came into focus through several perspectives on stage, including that of In\u00e8s Salhi, Chief Product Officer at Payfit<\/strong>, the French payroll and HR company that has based its headquarters at WeWork since 2025. For In\u00e8s, one shift has been particularly striking. As AI gives people the ability to do more on their own, some of the most ambitious uses of the technology are pulling people closer together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the event, the conversation continued with a closer look at what Payfit is learning as AI moves beyond individual productivity and starts reshaping the way the organisation works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did AI start genuinely changing the way Payfit works?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AI changed the way individuals work fairly quickly. But we saw a real acceleration when employees began sharing knowledge with one another: the methods they\u2019d developed and the frameworks that help AI agents produce more relevant work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people were getting such high-quality results that they naturally wanted to pass on what they\u2019d learned. Once that knowledge started circulating, their ways of working could be picked up, improved and used by other teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI allows us to do more on our own. Why is it making your teams work more closely together?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In an established company, the processes with the greatest impact often span several functions and systems. An agent handling a journey between customer support and product, for example, cannot be designed by one person alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need to bring together the people who understand each step, share their knowledge, and adapt the systems so the agent can access them and act appropriately. Some of that knowledge only exists in people\u2019s heads. That\u2019s why building genuinely useful agents is making us think and work together more than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n