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The McKinsey Podcast · 2026-07-23 · 22 min · 3,483 words

The human advantage in an AI economy

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one in two employees report high exhaustion. The wider the gap between what AI can do and what people can absorb, the more of AI's potential value isn't captured. And so the most forward thinking leaders are asking themselves how work should be redesigned. So that AI and humans can complement each other. That's Jackie Brassi, McKinsey Senior Fellow. She's talking about how leaders can manage AI-driven change that leads to anxiety and fatigue. She joins me and McKinsey partner Zarika Co and Kana Enamoto to share a framework executives can use to help safeguard their employees' brain health.

while they rewire for AI. And stick around for a second segment today. We answer questions you sent us about how to create organizational resilience in the face of global trade tensions. Mm-hmm. This is the McKinse Podcast, where we help you make sense out of the world's toughest business challenges. I'm your host for today, Lucia Rahili.

Humans have already been through quite a bit of disruption in recent years. Your research estimates already that the global economy loses something like twelve billion working days each year to mental health challenges. Talk us about the context here. And about what's really at stake. Erica. Let's hear from you.

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