The AI Anxiety Gap
The AI Anxiety Gap This week’s This Week in Culture is about something I’m calling the AI Anxiety Gap. A research note from Citrini Research moved through Wall Street this week and markets reacted immediately. We built a business culture that treats speed as competence. But when change outpaces our capacity to manage it, anxiety follows. Closing the AI Anxiety Gap requires… wait for it… surrender. That is the leadership challenge of this moment. Want to read the full article? Click Here!
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