Gleb Tsipursky, Ph.D.

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Behavioral Science AI Adoption at Work Future of Work Organizational Psychology

Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, called the “Office Whisperer” by The New York Times, is CEO of the future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts. A behavioral scientist and author of eight books, including The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results (Georgetown University Press, 2026), he helps leaders address the psychological and organizational barriers that keep AI adoption from producing results.

His thought leadership has appeared in more than 650 articles and 550 interviews across Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Scientific American, Time, USA Today, CBS News, Fox News, and The New York Times. He previously served seven years as a professor at Ohio State University and eight years as a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts

Former Professor, Ohio State University

Former Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Authored By Gleb Tsipursky, Ph.D.

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PERSPECTIVES Ai safety

The AI Extinction Debate Belongs in Education

The people building the most capable AI systems are publicly debating whether future AI could kill all humans. Students who will inherit decisions about these systems need to learn how to evaluate that warning: separating evidence from forecast, weighing rival interpretations, and designing safeguards they can test.

Nov 12, 2026

PERSPECTIVES Ai governance

AI Education Needs Authority Literacy Before Agent Literacy

Agentic AI is shifting from answering questions to taking actions. Before students learn to make AI agents more capable, they need to learn how to define, inspect, and govern what those agents may access, decide, and do.

Sep 16, 2026

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