Working with AI: Managing Stress and Building Adaptability

This training focuses on people, adaptability, and the ability to learn amid uncertainty.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how we work, learn, and envision the future.
Beyond the tools, this shift triggers strong human reactions: stress, overwhelm, curiosity, resistance, or enthusiasm.

Objectives

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Put words to their emotions and resistance around AI
• Understand why learning AI can be stressful
• Identify learning and practice opportunities suited to their reality
• Better manage their mindset when learning gets difficult
• Manage their time and energy more intentionally
• Build a flexible, evolving learning plan

Module 1 — AI, change, and human reactions

• AI as a driver of accelerated change
• Common human reactions to AI
• Why these reactions are normal

Module 2 — From stress to synergy: shifting your mindset

• The difference between immediate performance and learning
• The myth of “understanding everything right now”
• AI as a space to explore—not a test

Module 3 — Staying alert to learning opportunities

• Opportunistic and “just-in-time” learning
• Small experiments vs. big plans
• Learning from your real work

Module 4 — Managing your mindset when learning gets hard

• Learning curves and discomfort zones
• Frustration, doubt, discouragement: how to recognize them
• Simple refocusing techniques

Module 5 — Managing your time and energy

• Information overload
• The difference between urgency, pressure, and priority
• Flexible, paced learning

Module 6 — Building your personal learning plan

• Defining a realistic goal
• Choosing micro-actions
• Measuring progress without pressure

This training is for:

• Professionals and employees at all levels
• Managers and leaders
• HR and transformation teams
• Anyone impacted by AI and technological change
• No technical AI expertise required