AI Can Make a Good Job Feel Too Small

About this episode

Jay Caldwell discusses the implications of 'quiet staying' in the workplace in the context of AI advancements.

When turnover is low, leadership loves to call it stability. Jay Caldwell makes the more uncomfortable point: sometimes it is just fear with better optics. In this conversation, he and David unpack why “quiet staying” can become a serious organizational liability in an AI era—especially when people are still hitting goals, still showing up, and still slowly draining the place of experimentation, risk-taking, and fresh thinking. They also get into the deeper workforce consequences of AI adopti...

People in this episode

Guest: Jay Caldwell

Topics covered

• AI
• organizational behavior
• leadership
• employee engagement

Keywords

• turnover
• stability
• fear
• experimentation
• risk-taking

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