Brain Health: Helping Individuals, Organizations, and Societies Thrive in the Age of AI
AI has quickly moved into a central role in everyday work life. Companies are investing billions of dollars in the technology, workers are adjusting to new tools, and leaders are redesigning workplace roles and processes to take advantage of new capabilities. What does it all mean for workers, and how can organizations support them as they navigate this new landscape? Building human capabilities could help, but doing so depends on strengthening the health and performance of the human brain. During a McKinsey Live event, McKinsey Health Institute leaders Erica Hutchins Coe, Jacqueline Brassey, and Kana Enomoto discussed the growing significance of brain capital, outlined five ways to build it, and identified several ways for senior executives to take a “brain-positive” approach to leadership. Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome 3:08 - Our brains are increasingly important in a changing world 5:30 - Brain capital concept 8:29 - Five levers to address brain health 11:31 - Safeguard brain health 15:00 - AI value will be constrained by human capacity, not technology 17:43 - Principles of AI-powered workplaces 23:18 - Thinking about brain capital as an investment 25:11 - Q&A 27:35 - Wrap-up Learn more about McKinsey Live webinars and register for upcoming sessions: https://mckinsey.com/live Explore past webinars: https://mck.co/McKinseyLivePlaylist Subscribe to our channel: http://mck.co/YouTube Subscribe to our newsletters: http://mck.co/Subscribe About the guests: Erica Hutchins Coe: https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/e... Kana Enomoto: https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/k... Jacqueline Brassey: https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/j... *Find us on* Facebook: http://mck.co/Facebook Twitter: http://mck.co/Twitter LinkedIn: http://mck.co/LinkedIn Instagram: http://mck.co/Instagram

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