This week, we officially released our new white paper with Bentley University’s Center for Health and Business on burnout and innovation capacity.🎉

Our research explores something many leaders have been sensing and we saw clearly in the data: burnout doesn't always look like disengagement.

People can look highly active, responsive, and even productive on the surface, while the deeper capacity required for judgment and longer-term strategic thinking may be collapsing underneath. You can download the full paper here

And I've heard from so many in the last few days that this feels all too familiar.

This week, I also attended the Bentley University + Future Talent Council's Global AI Summit, which I recapped in my Substack.​

What struck me at the summit was how closely the themes that came up throughout the day echoed what we found in the research.

Again and again, the conversation came back to people.

• How leaders help teams adapt

• How organizations build readiness for change

• What happens when learning curves collide with already-full workloads

• And whether the pressure to move faster is outpacing human capacity*

(*Spoiler: the answer from many thought leaders I heard from was YES, it is).

That's why this week’s white paper release felt so timely.

And sitting in that room, listening to leaders talk about AI transformation, I kept thinking: wow,this is the same conversation.

Because organizations are not only asking teams to perform with less time to think, less resources to get it done and new tech to contend with...

...teams are being asked to learn new skills and tools, while at the same time build and adapt to new workflows, manage more ambiguity, and keep up with accelerating change, at a pace we've never experienced before.

Alongside full calendars, always-on phones, and... lives outside of work.

So the real question I keep coming back to is this:

Are we building for a future that strengthens human capability, or one that will push us further away from it?

This is the conversation I care deeply about, and I'm excited to keep broadening in the weeks and months ahead as we build on this research and discussions.

You can check out the white paper below, and if you have a moment, I'd love to hear what resonates.

Warmly,

Alison Campbell

Founder & CEO, unBurnt