Feeling Human

Leadership in many companies is not driving change management seriously enough when it comes to preparing their workforce for potential elimination of entre job families. Folks are working through the edicts that are coming down from on high to the best of their abilities.

Just giving people access to a batter of tools is not going to solve the problem but it seems to be preferred way, Just make everything available and people will sort it out. The expectation is that in a few months employees will grow as comfortable with using these tools in their daily work rhythm as they are will using the internet. 

What is not being talked about is that AI’s impact on work will be profound and disruptive,  but also create new opportunities. It is therefore important to be ready to seize those new opportunities when they come about. For knowledge workers, their identity and self-worth is tied up to their intelligence.

With AI, that core is under assault and learning to cope is neither easy or natural. As this author says. in a world increasingly dominated by intelligent machines, what sets humans apart is not just our ability to think, but our ability to feel, especially through deep, embodied attention to sensation. Enhancing this capacity is the way we come ahead and continue to feel human.