Connection to Value: People First Over AI

This principle is the protective foundation of the People First Over AI work value. The value holds that human wellbeing, and judgment must always lead in an AI-enabled workplace—and this principle defines what that protection looks like in practice: ensuring that the speed of AI adoption never outpaces the safety of the people driving it. In the AI era, where new tools, frameworks, and processes are introduced at a pace that can be genuinely disorienting, Health & Safety First is not a precaution. It is the baseline condition under which all AI transformation must occur.