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The $10 Trillion Workplace Crisis No One Is Measuring

StrategicCHRO360

Krystal Sexton

Why ‘brain health’ matters—and how to address it.

Overview

Brain health, the daily supply of focus, judgment, and adaptability employees bring to work, is a critical business asset that organizations drain through overloaded workloads, low-value decisions, and relentless change, yet rarely measure or manage. Corporate wellness gestures like mindfulness apps put the burden on individuals, when job demands, control, support and role clarity are design choices that leaders own. The cost of neglect is concrete: health-related productivity losses run 2.3 times higher than medical and pharmacy costs combined, and as AI absorbs routine tasks, the human capacities of judgment, creativity and adaptability become the real competitive edge. Validated tools already exist to link brain health to engagement, safety and retention, so as leaders set 2027 budgets, they should treat it as an asset to be measured and funded, not a wellness perk to be cut. Read more at StrategicCHRO360

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Krystal Sexton, PhD

Senior Advisor, Workplace Initiatives

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