Workforce Risk Check

1. Is there one clear owner for workforce impact during robotics introduction?

One accountable person who can coordinate HR, ops, safety, and comms.

2. Have you defined what changes for frontline roles (and what does not)?

Role clarity prevents fear. Vague messaging creates resistance.

3. Do supervisors know what to say on day one when workers ask “is my job safe?”

Middle managers carry the first wave. If they freeze, trust drops.

4. Have you identified the first two friction points where people will resist?

Examples: safety anxiety, monitoring fear, role confusion, skill confidence.

5. Is training defined beyond “operator instruction”?

Include confidence-building, escalation, and safe operating norms.

6. Do you have a simple way to measure adoption (not just uptime/throughput)?

If adoption slips quietly, leaders find out too late.

7. Are safety, HR, and operations aligned on stop rules?

Who can pause deployment, for what reasons, and how decisions get made.

8. If a union or workforce representative asks for details, are you prepared?

You don’t need every answer. You do need a defensible posture.

9. Do you have governance for decisions (who approves what, when, and why)?

This protects middle managers from being asked to “own” leadership decisions.

10. If the pilot under-delivers, do you have a safe narrative (without blaming teams)?

When pilots wobble, culture takes the hit unless the narrative is protected.