I run an organization dedicated to collective grieving. I recognize a familiar dynamic with AI in the workplace

Brad Wolfe is the co-founder and executive director of Reimagine, a nonprofit that helps individuals and communities channel personal and collective grief toward meaning, healing, and growth.

When someone we love dies, we understand why grief hurts: someone mattered, and their absence reshapes our world. Mourning allows us to honor what was, mark what ended, and listen for what our grief reveals about what we value. That recognition can guide what we carry forward.

Death, however, is not the only loss humans grieve. While technological rupture differs from bereavement, the rapid, widespread adoption of AI is setting the stage for a psychological crisis of grief across corporate America.

In boardrooms and breakrooms alike, employees are silently grappling with unprecedented new anxieties: What becomes of the skills I spent years mastering? Have I lost confidence in my colleagues when I question whether AI is responsible for their work? Am I myself losing the muscle to think critically without AI? Will my function become obsolete? Behind these questions are several forms of grief—a mourning of lost professional identities, eroded trust, and envisioned career paths that are vanishing overnight.

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