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Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 6 of 6)

A diverse, multi-generational team working together on an AI dashboard, symbolising an inclusive and sustainable future for the workplace

Catégorie(s) : Competencies and Power

Written on 07/05/2026
Keywords : AI inequalities – Algorithmic justice – AI governance – Digital inclusion – The future of work

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Authors

  • Jacques Colle
    Jacques Colle
    Jacques Colle, enterprise architect specializing in IT governance and digital transformation, designs secure and compliant (ISO 27001, NIS2) cloud architectures to align business strategy and technological excellence.
  • Marisol Solano Garcia
    Marisol Solano Garcia
    A psychologist specializing in AI and organizations, Marisol Solano Garcia supports the integration of artificial intelligence from the perspective of ethics, governance, and the human impact on work dynamics.

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Conclusions

In short, the article highlights how AI profoundly transforms power relations and skills dynamics in organisations. AI is no longer limited to automating or optimising processes, but also redefines forms of legitimacy, shifts power to those who dominate digital tools, and brings to the surface new, often discrete but decisive levers of influence. This evolution is accompanied by a real skills gap, where the ability to learn, adapt and collaborate becomes as essential as technical expertise or business knowledge.

While AI opens up unprecedented perspectives: expanded access to training, personalised career paths, valorisation of innovation, it also entails significant risks in the deepening of inequalities, impoverishment of human relationships at work, and concentration of power among those who develop or direct algorithms. Algorithmic manipulation further reinforces transparency, fairness, and governance challenges by introducing opaque decision-making mechanisms that can reproduce or amplify pre-existing biases.

In this context, companies must rethink their management models, training strategies and inclusion policies. The objective must be to turn AI into a lever of collective autonomy rather than a source of exclusion or dependence. This means investing in employee skills, promoting a culture of continuous learning, and ensuring the human dimension remains central to decision-making.

In short, AI is neither an inevitable threat nor a silver bullet. It acts as a revealer and an accelerator of the dynamics already present in organisations. Their ability to sustain a more inclusive and sustainable professional future will depend on how companies learn to combine technological innovation, social responsibility, and respect for human values. The challenge is not only to integrate AI, but to do so in a fair, transparent, and common-good-oriented way.

Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations
Employees gathered around a screen displaying artificial intelligence data in a modern workplace

(1) Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 1 of 6)

A timeline of the development of artificial intelligence, from Alan Turing in 1950 to today’s intelligent systems

(2) Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 2 of 6)

A young professional using a generative AI tool on a computer in an open-plan office, surrounded by colleagues from different generations

(3) Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 3 of 6)

A conceptual framework of forms of organisational power — legitimate, coercive, reward-based, expert and referential — reshaped by artificial intelligence

(4) Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 4 of 6)

A diverse, multi-generational team working together on an AI dashboard, symbolising an inclusive and sustainable future for the workplace

(5) Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 6 of 6)

A conceptual framework of forms of organisational power — legitimate, coercive, reward-based, expert and referential — reshaped by artificial intelligence

(6) Competencies and Power: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Relationships Within Organizations (Part 5 of 6)

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