Invite Only Panel: AI’s Role in Culture, Collaboration and Performance
Can AI help organizations scale culture and performance, without losing the human side of leadership?
Moderator:
Angie Cartwright, VP of People Experience, University Co-op
Panelists:
Annie Hardy , Global AI Architect, Cisco
Akshay Dipali, Founder, Elrin
Dorothy Mankey, Senior HR Business Partner, YETI
David Hanrahan, SVP People Success, SolarWinds
As organizations grow past roughly 50 team members, what once worked through instinct and informal conversations suddenly becomes more complex. Hiring accelerates, compliance increases, and People Managers take on greater responsibility for performance, engagement, and culture, often without the systems or insights to support them.
Traditionally, People Experience has operated in hindsight through annual reviews, engagement surveys, and exit interviews. However, modern organizations can’t afford to manage their most important asset reactively. AI is beginning to change that dynamic.
This session explores how real-time people intelligence is reshaping the way leaders understand engagement, support managers, and maintain alignment as teams scale.
Together, we’ll examine where AI is already creating meaningful leverage for People leaders, where it still falls short, and how organizations can use technology to strengthen, not replace, human leadership.
Join us for a conversation with thought leaders to explore the intersection of AI, culture, collaboration, and organizational performance.
What We’ll Explore
How AI is shifting People Experience from reactive insight to real-time people intelligence
Where AI is already creating leverage for People leaders and managers
The opportunities, and limitations, of using AI to understand engagement, collaboration, and performance
How might leaders can maintain trust, transparency, and psychological safety as AI becomes more embedded in workplace systems
How might growing organizations can do to scale alignment, culture, and performance simultaneously
Who Should Attend
Founders and leaders from launch, rapid growth, maturation and sustaining organizations
Chief People Officers, PX leaders, and People Experience professionals
Operations and business leaders responsible for scaling teams and performance
Technology leaders and builders interested in the future of AI and organizational systems
Anyone curious about how AI and human leadership can work together to build stronger organizations.