The AI productivity conversation is stuck on code completion, and it's aiming too low. The real leverage is in the work we never automated because we assumed it was "soft": communication, feedback, planning, preparing for the hard conversation. This session shows how to use AI as a thinking partner for the human skills that actually determine whether teams succeed—and where handing that judgment to a model quietly backfires. You'll leave with concrete workflows you can use Monday, a clear line between augmentation and abdication, and a more honest map of where AI raises your ceiling versus where it erodes your edge.