The human side of AI in the workplace

I help people and organizations work well with AI.

HRD researcher and builder. I study how AI adoption reshapes work and stress, and I build the tools and frameworks that make the shift humane.

Michael Van Horn

Why this work

Anishinaabe, Red Lake Nation descendant. I came to AI through people: who it helps, who it leaves out, and how organizations carry their communities through change.

Featured · Research

My OLPD manuscript on how AI rollouts affect employee stress, read by leadership and made required reading for the executive team. The center of how I think about this work.

Writing

Notes on AI and the future of work.

Short pieces on AI adoption, job stress, and keeping the human side in view.

Experience

Where I am putting the work into practice.

Meet Minneapolis

ECI · 2026–

Waaban

Co-founder & CEO · 2026–

EY

Incoming · Fall 2026 · Ho Chi Minh City

Let's talk about AI and people.