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url: https://www.adoptionlab.ai/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/redesign-the-middle-layer/
title: "Redesign the middle layer | re-Envision | AdoptionLab.AI"
description: "re-Envision, phase 5 of the 5E Model for human-centered AI adoption. The promise from Phase 1 comes due here."
generated: 2026-10-22T16:29:41.216Z
---[AI Adoption Roadmap](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap) / [5. re-Envision](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap#re-envision)
Phase 5: re-Envision
# Redesign the middle layer
The promise from Phase 1 comes due here.
The coordination work that filled managers' weeks is what AI absorbs first. Shift their value toward designing how work gets done, coaching people through change, and owning quality where judgment matters.
## Put it to work
- ✓Let managers lead the redesign in their own areas.
- ✓Protect real coaching time as part of the job.
- ✓Stop rewarding reporting throughput you just automated.
[← Redesign roles with the people in them](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/co-create-roles) [Reimagine your value →](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/reimagine-your-value)
More in re-Envision
- [Treat freed capacity as an asset](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/not-a-layoff-plan)
- [Reassess how work gets done](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/reassess-how-work-gets-done)
- [Redesign roles with the people in them](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/co-create-roles)
- [Redesign the middle layer](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/redesign-the-middle-layer)
- [Reimagine your value](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/reimagine-your-value)
- [Lead with transparency](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/lead-with-transparency)
- [Share what you learned](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/share-what-you-learned)
- [Loop back for the next wave](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/re-envision/loop-back)
[See all five phases →](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap)
Go deeper in the booklet
A Leader's Roadmap to Human-Centered AI
The re-Envision chapter walks through this phase with a worked example, plus the field kit: survey, rubrics, and worksheets.
[Get the booklet on Amazon →](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXGN86YZ)