Signal 42% of workers say their organization rarely evaluates AI's impact on people

Summary

In Deloitte's 2026 Global Human Capital Trends survey, 42% of workers said their organization seldom assesses how AI affects people. Deloitte reads this as a sign that cultural debt is building up inside companies. The gap is notable because organizational attention during the AI transition tends to focus on how employees use tools rather than on how AI changes relationships, trust and collaboration among colleagues. The same survey found that just over half of respondents consider AI's effect on culture important, yet only 5% report great progress in managing it. Without regular assessment, unanswered questions about fairness, effort and job security are left for workers to resolve individually, which can deepen the misalignment between stated values and daily behavior.