Global Human Capital Crisis
Keywords:
human adaptation gap, human capital crisis, digital transformation, psychological readiness, organizational trust, human–ai interactionAbstract
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence and digital transformation are outpacing human capacity to adapt, creating a widening gap between system demands and behavioral readiness. This misalignment triggers disengagement, burnout, declining trust, and loss of meaning in work. Technical upskilling alone fails to address deeper psychological and social mechanisms shaping adaptation. Urgent attention is needed to redesign work systems that integrate human cognition, emotion, and purpose within AI-driven environments to sustain performance and organizational resilience.
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