The 1,000 Interns Framework: How We Talk About AI Capacity

For years, the conversation around AI in the enterprise has been obsessed with 'automation.' But automation fixes scarcity. What if you had the opposite problem—abundance of capacity?

“If you suddenly had 1,000 eager interns—what would you tell them to do? That's what AI is for your business now.”

When we ask clients to imagine a team of 1,000 digital interns, the conversation shifts. Instead of asking 'what can we get rid of,' they start asking 'what new problems can we finally tackle?'