February 09, 2026
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Your AI power users, not mandates, are the skeleton key to broader and more effective AI adoption. Here’s how to unleash them.
For software engineers, the rise of AI-assisted coding represents much more than the adoption of a new tool; it’s a fundamental shift in how they work. While many engineers have embraced this shift, others are justifiably skeptical.
When executives hand down strict adoption mandates for developers or push to achieve rigid productivity metrics, it only seems to build resentment.
Engineers who say their teams took a more grassroots approach, experimenting together and sharing their learnings as peers, report a more positive experience.
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February 09, 2026
