/desautels/taxonomy/term/4805/all en /desautels/channels/news/why-ai-time-savings-arent-translating-productivity-gains-373225 <p>As the Bank of Canada highlights AI’s promise to boost productivity, <strong>Simon Blanchette</strong>, a faculty lecturer at 91������’s Desautels Faculty of Management, says Canada risks overestimating the impact of time savings alone.</p> <p>Even as workplace efficiencies improve, he argues the real challenge lies in turning those gains into higher-value outcomes. “Today is the day that AI will be the least powerful in our lifetime,” he says, warning that organizations need to move faster.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:35:54 +0000 john.sawaya@mcgill.ca 2946269 at /desautels