Fear. That’s the obvious answer. But fear of what? Most leaders assume that people fear AI.
After talking with thousands of workers, we’ve heard something very different. Only one in ten employees can confidently say that their leader creates a safe environment to experiment with AI. Yet that’s exactly what they’re looking for from their leader.
People don’t resist learning something new. They resist learning when it feels risky, when it feels like failure. When people feel safe to experiment, they become willing to try. That’s how innovation begins.
If your people are afraid to fail, well, then your organization won’t learn fast enough to win.