---
id: "quote-action-cures-anxiety"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶60 (Monique Herena)"]
tags: ["leadership", "psychology"]
related: ["framework-amex-change-leadership", "entity-monique-herena"]
speaker: "Monique Herena"
speakers: ["Monique Herena"]
quote: "I always say action is the cure to anxiety."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-43-leading-human-ai-organization"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/leading-the-human-ai-organization"
sourceTitle: "Leading the Human-AI Organization"
---
# Action is the cure to anxiety

> "I always say action is the cure to anxiety."
> — [[entity-monique-herena|Monique Herena]]

[[entity-monique-herena|Monique Herena]]'s maxim regarding change management. When employees are fearful of AI or organizational shifts, giving them **concrete actions** to take and **clear contexts** to operate within helps dissipate their anxiety. This is the psychological engine behind the **Energize** step of the [[framework-amex-change-leadership]].