Greg Twemlow’s article examines how the integration of artificial intelligence in corporate environments creates a hidden formation divide between employees. While companies enjoy a productivity flywheel from AI, a small group of front-runners gains advanced digital advantages, whereas the majority—termed the engine room—remains trapped doing day-to-day delivery work without access to growth. This setup results in unequal skill portability, as routine tasks are absorbed by technology and employers prematurely demand high-level judgment from junior workers. Because corporations naturally prioritise immediate economic output over long-term employee development, a formation externality emerges where individuals bear the future costs of lost employability. Ultimately, Twemlow argues that workers cannot rely on employers to safeguard their futures, necessitating personal sovereignty and proactive self-directed learning to ensure their professional capabilities continuously compound. Read the article.

About the Author - Greg Twemlow writes and teaches at the intersection of technology, education, and human judgment. He works with educators and businesses to make AI explainable and assessable in classrooms and boardrooms — to ensure AI users show their process and own their decisions. His cognition protocol, the Context & Critique Rule™, is built on a three-step process: Evidence → Cognition → Discernment — a bridge from what’s scattered to what’s chosen. Context & Critique → Accountable AI™. © 2025 Greg Twemlow. “Context & Critique → Accountable AI” and “Context & Critique Rule” are unregistered trademarks (™).