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If you've been moving carefully with AI, this one's for you.GTIA surveyed 520 small and midsize business decision-makers...
09/04/2026

If you've been moving carefully with AI, this one's for you.

GTIA surveyed 520 small and midsize business decision-makers. Half use AI for real operational work, and 84 percent report positive outcomes. The businesses seeing results aren't adopting fastest. They're adopting on purpose: one need, one tool, then proof before the next step. You're not behind.

This week's full edition, with sources: doctorjohnna.com/research

Sources:
GTIA. (2026, August 27). GTIA reports: SMBs taking a "slow and steady" approach to AI adoption as business benefits outpace hype. https://gtia.org/press-releases/gtia-reports-smb-ai-adoption

People don't resist AI. They resist not knowing where they stand.Gallup found employees whose organizations share a clea...
09/02/2026

People don't resist AI. They resist not knowing where they stand.

Gallup found employees whose organizations share a clear AI plan are 15 points more engaged than those left guessing. Add real manager support and engagement climbs to 53 percent. A clear plan is what care looks like in an AI rollout.

This week's full edition, with sources: doctorjohnna.com/research

Sources:
Harter, J. (2026, July 21). Employee engagement remains flat as AI adoption accelerates. Gallup. https://www.gallup.com/workplace/712433/employee-engagement-remains-flat-adoption-accelerates.aspx

AI drains the people who hand over their judgment. It fuels the ones who bring it with them.A survey of more than 800 wo...
09/01/2026

AI drains the people who hand over their judgment. It fuels the ones who bring it with them.

A survey of more than 800 workers found regular AI users reported more self-doubt, used their own strengths less, and sat closer to burnout than occasional users. The drain comes from passive use, not the tool. Use AI as a collaborator that sharpens what you already do well. The tool isn't the risk. Disappearing from your own work is.

This week's full edition, with sources: doctorjohnna.com/research

Sources:
McQuaid, M. (2026, August 5). The strengths gap fueling AI burnout at work. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/from-functioning-to-flourishing/202608/the-strengths-gap-fueling-ai-burnout-at-work

"I built this, but it doesn't feel like me anymore." That sentence now has a research name.A longitudinal study in the J...
08/31/2026

"I built this, but it doesn't feel like me anymore." That sentence now has a research name.

A longitudinal study in the Journal of Business Venturing calls it entrepreneurial disidentification: "entrepreneur" slowly shifting from who I am to who I am not, even while the business keeps performing. If your business no longer feels like you, you're not failing. You're in a documented identity transition, and a transition is something you can build from.

This week's full edition, with sources: doctorjohnna.com/research

Sources:
Cogan, A., & Mathias, B. (2026). Not me, not yet, not anymore: Founder identity and entrepreneurial disidentification. Journal of Business Venturing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883902626000145

08/28/2026

How much of your brand is actually you?

That's the question underneath every identity brand audit I do. Strip away the tools you teach, the trends you follow, the colors you borrowed. Whatever's left is your brand.

In this moment from Marni's live audit, we dig into exactly that. She built a real business in six months, and the audit gave her a map: what's working, what to refine, and how to bring more of herself into everything she builds.

You are the gold. Build from there.

Join brandstudio.drjohnna.co for free to watch the full hour live Identity Brand Audit with me.

Young adults trust AI less each year. The line only moves one way.Pew Research has tracked this since 2021. Back then, 3...
08/27/2026

Young adults trust AI less each year. The line only moves one way.

Pew Research has tracked this since 2021. Back then, 31 out of 100 adults under 30 said worry beat excitement about AI. This summer it hit 55 out of 100.

The biggest fear is jobs. 73 out of 100 young adults think AI will mean fewer of them.

If AI makes you uneasy, you're not behind. You're in the majority. Worry like this is information, not weakness. You get to adopt AI slowly, on purpose, in a way that still feels like you.

Read the full research breakdown at doctorjohnna.com/research

Sources: McClain, C., & Park, E. (2026, August 18). Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/18/young-adults-in-the-us-are-increasingly-wary-of-ai-concerned-it-will-take-jobs/

08/26/2026

You learn the possibilities after you take action. Not before.

In this moment from Marni's live identity brand audit, she shares how she handles fear: commit before you can overthink it. Book the talk. Schedule the webinar. By the time fear arrives, accountability is already holding you to it.

I've watched so many brilliant women stay in the fear zone until it cripples their ability to see what's possible. Feel the fear. Move anyway. That's how your brain rewires.

Join brandstudio.drjohnna.co for free to watch the full hour live Identity Brand Audit with me.

08/25/2026

Building a business is evidence that you're healing.

I said this to Marni at the end of her live identity brand audit. Every scary step she's taken toward her dream (while working full time, as a new mama) is proof she's decided it's worth building. The same is true for you. The offer you almost didn't make, the post you almost didn't publish: that's healing in action.

Entrepreneurship is the biggest self-work you'll ever do.

Join brandstudio.drjohnna.co for free to watch the full hour live Identity Brand Audit with me.

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