What’s the BUZZ? — AI in Business Becoming AI Orchrestrators in the Workplace (Sadie St Lawrence)
Mar 7, 2026
Sadie St Lawrence, founder of the Human Machine Collaboration Institute and author of Becoming an AI Orchestrator, explains why work is shifting from doing to orchestrating. She likens AI to a symphony and outlines how managers and contributors must swap skills. She urges hands-on experimentation, systems thinking, and mapping tech stacks to make AI adoption practical and inclusive.
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AI Works Like A Symphony
- AI is best thought of as a symphony where humans conduct and AI provides many instrument-like capabilities.
- Sadie St. Lawrence likens the conductor's deep music knowledge to the domain expertise required to turn AI rough drafts into masterpieces.
Work Is Shifting From Doing To Orchestrating
- Work is shifting from executing tasks to orchestrating systems, requiring professionals to ask, narrate, and coordinate rather than only do.
- Sadie argues even individual contributors must adopt manager-like thinking because AI can perform many delegated tasks.
Managers And Contributors Must Swap Skills
- Managers should use AI themselves instead of only assigning it, and individual contributors should practice delegating to AI.
- Sadie recommends role-swaps so managers learn tooling and contributors learn delegation skills with AI.
