Beyond the productivity debate lies a harder conversation: what is constant connectivity, algorithmic pressure and AI-mediated work actually doing to human cognition, identity and mental health? This fireside brings together an expert in digital wellbeing and a senior people leader for an honest exchange. Not a pitch for solutions, but a genuine grappling with the problem. The conversation covers hybrid fatigue, notification culture, the erosion of cognitive recovery time, and what digital wellbeing genuinely requires from employers as distinct from individual discipline.














