As humans, “we are wired to see change as a warning sign of danger,” says Britt Andreatta, Ph.D. Andreatta is the author of Wired to Resist and other books, and she is a speaker and consultant to a wide variety of organizations. She was a featured speaker at the Future of Finance Summit, a meeting of finance executives, in December.

With all the change and uncertainty people have faced because of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are, to use another Andreatta description, “crispy.” In this podcast episode, she explains why change is difficult and why now is the time for leaders to spend even more time focusing on employee well-being.