True, but I'm speaking more metaphorically about how people perceive change.
Yes, and totally true, metamorphosis occurs gradually inside the chrysalis, but from the outside, you see a caterpillar one day and a butterfly the next. The transformation remains hidden until it's finished.
That's exactly what's happening with corporate restructuring.
Companies have been quietly developing AI capabilities for months (let's say the chrysalis stage), but people only notice when the 'butterfly emerges', suddenly their role is automated or their department is restructured. (again in most of the cases)
By the time the change becomes visible to most workers, it's already irreversible. The slow preparation phase is over, and we're moving into the emergence phase.
Actually, a caterpillar *does* gradually become a butterfly. It's called metamorphosis.
True, but I'm speaking more metaphorically about how people perceive change.
Yes, and totally true, metamorphosis occurs gradually inside the chrysalis, but from the outside, you see a caterpillar one day and a butterfly the next. The transformation remains hidden until it's finished.
That's exactly what's happening with corporate restructuring.
Companies have been quietly developing AI capabilities for months (let's say the chrysalis stage), but people only notice when the 'butterfly emerges', suddenly their role is automated or their department is restructured. (again in most of the cases)
By the time the change becomes visible to most workers, it's already irreversible. The slow preparation phase is over, and we're moving into the emergence phase.
Okay, I'll give you that. ;-) A little more of this explanation of your metaphor/analogy might've been good.
You could've even used the 17-year locust! They are definitely invisible until suddenly they're not!