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Begin with the evidence boundary
The OECD's November 2025 SME workforce report says generative AI does not remove the need for skilled workers. Its survey, conducted in seven OECD countries in 2024, found that more SMEs reported increased than decreased need for highly skilled workers. This is international evidence, not a measurement of Middle East employers.
It offers a useful prompt for local managers: what must an employee know to judge the output? A confident paragraph can be wrong, and a grammatically correct answer can leave out the most important condition. Training needs to cover that judgment as well as the tool's controls.
Use a task the team recognises
Build a lesson around an ordinary piece of work, using material approved for training. Show an answer with an omitted date, an unsupported claim or a changed definition. Ask staff to find the problem and explain what evidence would settle it. The purpose is not to trick people, but to make review visible.
Compare an acceptable answer with an unacceptable one against a written standard. If different reviewers disagree, discuss the standard before expanding use. A team cannot consistently approve work when its members have different ideas about which errors matter.
Practice escalation, not only correction
Some mistakes can be fixed from the supplied material. Others need the original source, an expert or a decision from the responsible owner. Training should teach that distinction. Rewriting uncertain wording more fluently is not the same as verifying the fact behind it.
Agree which kinds of output need a second review and which uses are outside the pilot. Make it possible to report a near miss without hiding it inside a revised document. These are proposed internal controls, not universal legal requirements. Adapt them to the company's actual risk and duties.
Check whether the lesson changed the work
After training, review a sample of real, permitted tasks. Look for fewer unsupported claims, clearer escalation and a realistic understanding of the time needed to check output. Attendance at a session is evidence that people attended, not proof that they can safely apply the method.
The OECD report also describes gaps in training and internal guidelines among surveyed SMEs. A business need not copy those gaps. A modest programme that teaches source checking, boundaries and responsibility can be more useful than broad access accompanied by a slide declaring that people remain accountable.
Sources and scope
This is an editorial working method, not legal or tax advice. The linked sources supply the context; the suggested checklists are our analysis. International research is not presented as a Middle East survey. Confirm obligations for the specific entity and activity where relevant.
