What happens to people at work as AI adoption erodes self-worth and status anchors
annetgriffin · x · 2026-09-26
Kathryn Hume highlights an under-discussed side of enterprise AI adoption: as traditional anchors of self-worth and status erode, people leaders carry heavy moral weight to help teams create new spaces for meaning. She shares a framework she uses to spur open dialogue with her team about what they're living through and what they want to stand for as the technology advances — a conversation that briefly surged when the Pope published Magnifica Humanitas before other topics took over.
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