Your Brain at Work AI Transformation: What 200+ Global HR Leaders Are Saying Now
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Jun 12, 2026 
David Rock, co-founder and CEO of the NeuroLeadership Institute and originator of 'neuroleadership', speaks about what 200+ HR leaders are experiencing with AI. He outlines widespread low AI fluency and uneven adoption. He warns about cognitive risks like memory and skill loss, describes practical phased rollouts and training, and shares frameworks and tools to build responsible AI habits in organizations.
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Redesign Workflows By Studying Cognitive Bottlenecks
- Study real work to redesign workflows and target AI where cognitive bottlenecks appear rather than blanket rollouts.
- Rock recommends observing people, filtering fixes by frequency, return and complexity, and limit to four meaningful rollouts a year.
Train People Not Just Tools To Build AI Fluency
- Invest heavily in human training to build AI fluency, not just AI literacy.
- Teach vigilance: users must learn to question quality, ask experts, and remain the thinking lead while AI assists.
GenAI Use Causes Large Memory Loss
- Using generative AI dramatically reduces memory and deep understanding of work.
- Rock cites studies where essay authors using GenAI later recalled almost nothing, because the model assembles content without spreading activation in users' minds.
