An Australian doctor recently noted that a patient said to him, "I think I've got anxiety about AI."

These days, that feeling is all too common. As the doctor, Grant Blashki, an associate professor at the University of Melbourne, discussed in a university publication, the individual wasn't experiencing a panic attack or clinical anxiety. Rather, it was more like a "persistent sense of unease."

It was more a feeling "that the world is changing very quickly, that the systems we live within are being redesigned around us and that most of us don't feel particularly consulted or prepared."

This was a nice, concise summary of what I believe an awful lot of employees across the globe are experiencing. And it isn't surprising; a substantive loss of control at work can easily be an anxiety-producing situation.

Uncertainty, whether it comes in the form of a new CEO, a reorganization, or a game-changing technology like artificial intelligence, is naturally disturbing to employees. Why wouldn't it be? In the blink of an eye, one's livelihood can be affected.

While a number of........

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