Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan AI Managers, Neurorights, Employee Distrust, AT&T's Culture Wake-Up, and Disney's Bold OpenAI Deal
Dec 11, 2025
Explore the growing crisis of employee trust in AI tools, fueled by fears of job loss and monitoring. Delve into the urgent debate over neurorights and the need for cognitive privacy in a tech-driven world. Discover AT&T's recognition of lagging cultural shifts and its implications for corporate adaptability. Learn how AI managers are reshaping roles by automating routine tasks, allowing leaders to focus on coaching. Finally, witness Disney's groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI, paving the way for innovative storytelling and content creation.
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Trust Is The Real AI Adoption Barrier
- Employees often distrust workplace AI because they fear surveillance, job loss, and being judged against machine performance.
- Jacob Morgan says cultural alignment and transparency matter far more than tutorials for adoption.
Neurotech Forces A New Privacy Frontier
- Emerging neurotechnology raises new risks for mental privacy, cognitive liberty, and inference of mental states.
- Jacob Morgan suggests neuro-rights debates preview workplace conflicts over what cognitive data should remain off-limits.
Begin Ethical Conversations Early
- Start conversations now about ethical boundaries for neurotech and employee data before regulation lags.
- Jacob Morgan recommends that organizations set early standards to earn trust preemptively.
