Why your employees are actively resisting AI in the workplace (and what to do about it)
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Identity is influenced by multiple variables like brain chemistry, environment, and life experiences. Societal changes have led to diminished support systems and increased individualism, with work often defining self-worth. AI integration in workplaces challenges self-perception and raises fears about personal value among employees. Despite challenges like anxiety and resistance from staff, leaders need to understand these reactions and seek to facilitate a constructive dialogue around the role of AI and its impact on identity and work.
Integrating AI into the workforce adds new complexities—but also new opportunities. AI challenges our fundamental sense of self, prompting widespread reevaluation of purpose and value in society.
While it's arguably easier to secure material well-being today, work has become the main way many people form their sense of self, often leading to answering 'What do you do?' as 'Who are you?'.
The societal shifts over the past century have modified traditional support systems and moved community activities towards individual pursuits, impacting the commonalities in identity formation.
Introducing transformative technology like AI into the workplace can evoke anxiety or resistance among employees, but business leaders must recognize and navigate these emotional responses.
Read at Fast Company
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