The Human Problem with AI Adoption No One Is Talking About

Join the human conversation around AI at https://insightjam.com/ Sign up for our newsletter, The Human-AI Ledger: https://bit.ly/HumanAINewsletter ******* AI resistance isn't a technology problem. It's a human one. Workforce strategists, educators, and transformation leaders confront the real barrier to AI adoption: the gap between executives declaring "we're AI-forward" and the employees left to figure out what that actually means. From coalition-building and credentialing to the economic spiral no one wants to talk about, this is the unfiltered conversation about what it actually takes to bring people along. This is a key takeaway from our Insight Jam Q1 MiniJam panel, "Proof of Work: Credentials & Capability in the AI Economy". Check out the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/au4NE3NXEAs • PANELISTS • Paul Carney https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcarneyworks/ Founder & President, Ishtot Josh Cardoz https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcardoz/ Chief Creative and Learning Officer, Sponge Richard Dasselaar https://www.linkedin.com/in/richarddasselaar/ mChairman & Advisor (AI), International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth Sam Gupta https://www.linkedin.com/in/samguptausa/ Principal Consultant, ElevatIQ Sania Khan https://www.linkedin.com/in/sania-khan1/ Founder, Inflection Point Strategy • CHAPTERS • 0:00 - AI Resistance in Education and the Workplace 0:50 - Navigating AI in Academic Research 2:27 - Freedom Within a Framework: AI Change Management 3:16 - The Workforce Numbness Problem 4:56 - Credentialing as a Path to AI Adoption 5:44 - AI Anxiety Goes All the Way to the C-Suite 7:28 - Why AI Champions Alone Aren't Enough 8:49 - Will AI Kill the Consumer Economy? 10:29 - The Displacement Spiral