The Framework

The 10 Human Work Archetypes

Each archetype represents a distinct mode of human contribution that AI cannot replicate. Most professionals lead with 2–3. Take the assessment to discover yours.

Making meaning from information

Interpretive

The Translator

"What do they actually want us to do?"

Turns complexity into language different audiences can understand and act on. First line of defense against AI bias, blind spots, and hallucination.

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Interpretive

The Sensemaker

"The AI summary is confident. But is it right?"

The cognitive ballast that keeps teams from drifting. Creates space for thinking, surfaces invisible assumptions, grounds decisions in context.

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Interpretive

The Signal Architect

"The dashboard says everything, so it says nothing."

Designs information environments so attention goes to what's true and important. Information design is decision design.

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Connecting parts into functioning wholes

Integrative

The Bridge Builder

"The best idea wins only after people can understand each other."

Integrates different disciplines, logics, and priorities. A modern polymath who holds multiple frameworks in mind and finds the synthesis neither side could reach alone.

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Integrative

The Architect

"This workflow isn't broken. It's undesigned."

Designs human-machine workflows, systems, and guardrails. Where others see tools, the Architect sees systems — and treats every AI integration as a conscious design act.

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Integrative

The Orchestrator

"No one is behind. We're just out of sequence."

Coordinates humans and tools in the right sequence so execution becomes flow. Value comes from producing rhythm, not just completing tasks.

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Building trust, alignment, and human capacity

Interpersonal

The Liaison

"I'm not the expert, but I can connect the experts."

Connects people to people, and people to systems. Translates between technical and non-technical worlds without losing trust in either.

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Interpersonal

The Mentor of Mentors

"Tell me what you're really worried about."

Builds human capability at scale. Their gift is not answers — it is capacity. Grows others' judgment, adaptability, and learning habits.

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The Narrative Carrier

"This change needs a story, not a memo."

Holds and transmits meaning — why we're doing this, who we are, what we stand for. Tends organizational narrative the way a gardener tends a living thing.

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Envisioning possibilities and futures

Imaginative

The Reflective Futurist

"Before we build this, let's ask what it creates."

Examines second-order effects before decisions harden. Anticipates without arrogance. Imagines without detachment.

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