HOW CAN AI
improve employee wellbeing and prevent burnout?
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For this reason, ZDNET discovered that 44% of employees want to contribute to the adoption of AI tools in the
workplace. This offers enhanced productivity and job ith long hours, high stress levels, and
increasing workloads, the risk of burnout has
significantly risen. A report by ZDNET based on
a survey of 6,400 employees from around the world found that almost a third of employees are feeling the strains
of burnout.
satisfaction, contributing factors to improved wellbeing.
Support using AI Traditional employee engagement surveys, send the
same set of questions to each employee. In comparison, AI driven apps and surveys determine which questions
AI is emerging as a powerful tool to address these
to ask users based on whether they respond positively
can be prevented through utilising AI. Businesses can
Negative responses correlate to the likelihood of burnout.
challenges with 60% of workers believing that burnout
or negatively to the initial parts of the survey.
enhance employee wellbeing, promote work-life balance
Moreover, AI learns which approaches are most
and prevent burnout.
effective over time based on future survey responses. Consequently, businesses can support employees
AI streamlined workflow One contributor to employee burnout is an overwhelming workload. AI can streamline and automate routine tasks, enabling employees to focus on more complex and fulfilling responsibilities. 10 | Connected Magazine
that are at risk of burnout.
Additionally, in reports by Forbes, research is underway
at the Alan Turing Institute to see if AI can predict mental
health issues in individuals who have no symptoms using
large datasets. This could help employees make informed choices on the impact of an unbalanced work-life.