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Melis Karahan
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Exploring human potential in the age of AI
Reflections: http://changeexplorer.substack.com
Sensemaking: Change Explorer® | #futureofwork #postwork #meaning
When you feel friction at work that’s not failure. That’s feedback.

Just like muscles grow from resistance, adaptability grows from discomfort.

Instead of asking “How can I feel less uncertain?”, try “What’s this discomfort teaching me?”

Read more: changeexplorer.substack.com/p/what-is-ad...
What Is Adaptability in the Future of Work? (It’s Not What You Think)
Adaptability is no longer about 'adjusting faster'. It's about moving forward despite discomfort and uncertainty.
changeexplorer.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Adaptability used to mean: adjust faster.

That worked when change came in waves — disruption → recovery → stability.

AI changed the game.

Now it's about discomfort capacity: how well you operate not knowing.

Read more here: changeexplorer.substack.com/p/what-is-ad...

#FutureOfWork
What Is Adaptability in the Future of Work? (It’s Not What You Think)
Adaptability is no longer about 'adjusting faster'. It's about moving forward despite discomfort and uncertainty.
changeexplorer.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
AI isn’t stalling on tech. It’s stalling on fear.
5 fears leaders must tackle 👉 changeexplorer.substack.com/p/change-fat...
Change Fatigue in AI Adoption: 5 Fears Leaders Must Address
AI adoption is stalling—not because the technology fails, but because leaders haven’t fully addressed change fatigue and fear.
changeexplorer.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
AI can analyze tumors.
But it can’t offer comfort to a terrified patient.

It can’t experience awe, or love, or moral responsibility.

These are human domains.
They always will be.

changeexplorer.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
AI won’t destroy human worth

But it will force us to remember where that worth actually comes from

Not from what we do
But from how we choose to live

Let’s stop asking how to stay relevant and start asking how to stay human

changeexplorer.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...

#futureisnow #humansfirst
https://changeexplorer.substack.com/p/how-to-find-meaning-after-identity…
July 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If machines can predict your life, will you still dream?

There’s a quiet grief no one names:
when the future feels pre-scripted before you’ve dreamed it

AI can offer structure —
but without authorship, structure can feel like cage

That’s the cost we need to explore

changeexplorer.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM