Someone posted a sentence on Reddit last Friday. 1,156 people upvoted it in one day. The same week, Gartner confirmed why. Workplace AI is reaching executives first. Your best people are watching. And their nervous systems are drawing a conclusion that costs you long before the resignation letter arrives.

92% of executives feel unprepared to lead change. A record 2,221 CEOs left their roles in 2024. We keep calling it a people problem. What if the body is the problem? Chronic stress physically erodes the prefrontal cortex. That is where your judgment, instinct, and decision-making live. This is the conversation no one is having.