AI Adoption in Teams: Why People Resist and How to Fix It

Teams don’t resist AI because they “hate change.” They resist loss, risk, and friction. This post explains the six predictable reasons AI adoption fails—competence fear, unclear value, workflow friction, psychological risk, policy uncertainty, and missing reinforcement—and shows how trainers fix adoption without force. Using practical principles from the Technology Acceptance Model, psychological safety research, and structured change frameworks, you get a trainer-led playbook plus a 30–60–90 day plan to turn AI from a one-time experiment into daily team workflow.
