AI makes output cheap — and still increases the workload if your system can’t handle the new speed. This episode is about “workload creep”: how AI quietly creates more work, and what you can do right away with three simple team rules to stop it.

- Why AI often doesn’t reduce work, but instead boosts task expansion, ambient work, and multitasking

- The core mistake: “create faster” gets confused with “less work” — without clear stop points, work simply grows back

- Three AI practice rules for real relief: Intentional Pause, Sequencing, Human Grounding

- A guardrail for leaders: AI doesn’t save work, AI saves friction — and for that you need new rules, ownership, and stop signals

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**Sources**

- [Harvard Business Review (2026): _AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It_](https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it)

- [Upwork Investors: “Upwork Study Finds Employee Workloads Rising…”](https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/upwork-study-finds-employee-workloads-rising-despite-increased-c)

- [Microsoft WorkLab: “Breaking down the infinite workday”](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday)