Unlocking the Human: How to spot where Al fits at work, where it doesn't, and how to actually put it to use

Unlocking the Human
Nobody got into their job because they loved doing the admin. You got in because you were good at something, the analysis, the relationships, the judgement, the craft, and somewhere along the way the role filled up with the stuff around it. The chasing, the reformatting, the status updates, the first drafts of things nobody enjoys writing.
That’s the part AI is actually good at. Used well, it doesn’t replace the human, it clears the space for the human. It hands you back the hours you lost to the busywork and lets you spend them on the work you were hired for in the first place.
This session is a practical, hype-free look at how to make that real in your own role. No jargon, no doom, no vendor pitch. Just how to spot where AI genuinely fits, where it doesn’t, and how to put it to use without losing the bit that makes you good at your job.
What we’ll cover:
Why most AI at work disappoints, and the simple shift that fixes it
How to spot the tasks in your own role that AI can take off your plate (and the ones it can’t, and shouldn’t)
Using AI to get back to the work you actually enjoy, the skill that got you hired
Staying in the driving seat: judgement, oversight, and knowing when to overrule the machine
A simple way to go from “interesting demo” to something you use on Monday morning
Bring your scepticism. That’s the point.
Hosted by Faraz Fookeer, Senior BA and Product Owner with 20+ years across investment banking and asset management, now building AI into live financial production systems. Silsila helps teams go from ambiguity to adoption. AI fluency, not AI first.