How Robyn Tombacher is bringing employees into AI work redesign

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Robyn Tombacher, EVP, Global Business Transformation & IMO Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery, sees employee participation as part of designing better work.

People bring the knowledge of requirements, exceptions and everyday realities that a central transformation team can miss.

Her approach connects changes in workflows with changes in roles, skills and expectations. If AI helps produce an output, people still need the expertise and support to evaluate it and decide what happens next.

That connection drew her to Reejig: understanding where AI could help and what it would mean for the work and the people doing it.

She advocates building that expertise internally, bringing technology, HR and process redesign together with business teams. The ambition is to keep testing and improving how work gets done.

The transformation story

How Warner Bros. Discovery connected AI investment to the way people work

Address the work behind the investment

In the beginning, Robyn identified a familiar gap: businesses invest in AI platforms without rethinking workflows, roles or responsibilities. Her experience of moving work between locations revealed the same limitation - changing where work happens does little if the underlying process stays the same.

Find where AI can make a difference

Reejig resonated with Robyn because it connects the AI opportunity to the work itself. Her starting point is understanding where AI can materially improve performance, how that work needs to change and what people will need to do differently.

Build a team that can deliver

Her model brings technology, HR, business and process redesign expertise together inside the organization.

A central team connects with people in business units, working alongside them in short cycles to turn strategy into practical changes and refine them as they go.

Redesign roles with your people

As AI takes on tasks, people can take greater responsibility for evaluating outputs, applying judgment and delivering outcomes.

Robyn involves employees in designing that shift, with leaders and HR clarifying expectations, redefining roles and developing the skills people need.

“If I’m asking people to change how they work, I’m bringing them into the room to design it together.”
What’s next: keep measuring and improving

The next step in Robyn’s vision is making work redesign continuous. Leaders need visibility into what is changing and whether it delivers business value.

Internal capability keeps that cycle going: reviewing performance, adjusting workflows and preparing people for what comes next.

What other leaders can take from this

Lessons for leaders

01
Design with the people affected
Participation surfaces the exceptions a central team misses and builds trust in the change.
02
Change the role when you change the workflow
Roles, contribution and development need to be discussed at the same time.
03
Invest in the person, not just the process
New expectations need resources and support behind them.

Having a platform like Reejig to get that real-time transparency and visibility … that’s the holy grail.

Robyn Tombacher Warner Bros. Discovery

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