The Audit
One real job posting, stress-tested line by line against two time horizons: today, and five years from now. The gap between the posting as written and the posting as it should be written is the delta, and the delta tells you whether this company is hiring for 2020 or 2030.
Audit the Responsibilities
Every responsibility exactly as written, evaluated against two questions: is this the right responsibility to have now, and is this the responsibility you will need from this same person in five years.
| # | Responsibility (as listed in JD) | Right today? | Right in 5 years? | What should replace it |
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If a responsibility describes manual execution of a task that AI can already perform today, it is not the right thing to hire for, even if your company hasn't adopted AI yet. You are hiring a person who will be in this role when AI arrives. If your job description is optimized for the world that exists today, you are already behind.
Audit the Requirements
Every requirement, qualification, or attribute of a "successful applicant" from the job description, evaluated against the same two time horizons.
| # | Requirement / qualification (as listed) | Right today? | Needed in 5 years? | What should replace it |
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Skills gap analysis
Obsolete within 3 years
Missing but essential within 3 years
AI-specific competencies this role should require
The AI-Ready Job Description
The completely revised job description for this same role, written for the person who will help the organization through the transition to the AI-Driven Enterprise: someone with the skills, mindset, and experience to thrive in a world where their team includes AI agents.
Key responsibilities (revised)
Required skills & qualifications (revised)
AI-specific competencies
What success looks like in year 1
What success looks like in year 5
Measure the Delta
The gap between the original job description and the revised version. It tells you how far the organization's hiring practices are from where they need to be.
Delta reflection
The Letter to the Hiring Manager
Specific, direct, and grounded in what this audit discovered. This is not a suggestion. It is a case for why the current job description is hiring for the past.
Reflection & Next Steps
The 30-day action plan
No One Works Here by Paul Cheek (Wiley, August 2026) is the field guide for leaders navigating the AI-driven enterprise. The competency audit framework in this workbook is drawn from Part III of the book.