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Press ReleaseGlobal interestSouth Africa

AI can move the productivity bottleneck rather than remove it: IOWL raises Human Calibre at OECD Global Forum

After the OECD Global Forum heard that AI quality review itself creates overhead and that AI-enabled workers may increasingly need to check AI agents, IOWL argues that productivity will depend on whether judgement and responsibility are exercised by individuals at the point of use or pushed upwards into management.

6 October 202620261006001Open release >
Press ReleaseGlobal interestSouth Africa

Productivity needs more than Capability in the age of AI: IOWL opens Calibre architecture and Calibre Credits to universities and employers

AI is increasing what people can do faster than society and institutions can develop the Calibre with which that Capability is exercised. IOWL argues that this widening gap between Capability and Calibre is becoming a productivity problem for employers, universities and economies.

29 September 202620260929001Open release >

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Press ReleaseCountry-specificUnited KingdomSouth AfricaUK

IOWL submits Calibre and productivity evidence to UK Parliament

IOWL has submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee, setting out its Capability, Competency and Calibre model and a series of proposals for examining the human determinants of productive performance.

5 December 202520251205001Open release >

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