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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) move to include burnout in the International Classification of Diseases in 2019 and defined burnout as a ‘‘workplace phenomena’’ kick-started a narrative shift. For some academic researchers and workplace experts, this new way of thinking was not that new. For those deep in the work, it has been a long-waged battle to commit leaders, experts, and scientists to a shared, common language. Now that two-thirds of full-time workers in the US experience burnout on the job, and excessive workplace stress causes 120 000 deaths every year, there is increased urgency for a common language that sticks.