Employee engagement was built for a more stable era

A planning cycle. A strategy cycle. A reorg every few years. A new tool rollout that people had time to absorb. A period of change, followed by a period of stability. That version of work is gone. Today, work moves through constant disruption and AI is rewriting jobs in real time. Economic uncertainty is keeping employees on edge. Workplace norms are being renegotiated. And employees are asking ha