What AI Is Doing to Leaders (That Nobody Talks About)
The AI conversation has been obsessed with what happens to makers - engineers, writers, analysts. But the disruption to managers and leaders is just as significant, and far less discussed. A large chunk of what we promoted people into management to do - coordinating teams, routing decisions, writing the updates nobody reads - is now done by AI. The org chart math that made sense when managers were information hubs doesn't hold when AI routes the information faster and cheaper. And yet most leadership teams are still having the wrong conversation, focused on their engineers' jobs while their own job description is being quietly rewritten underneath them.
Amanda brings a front-row seat to how this is actually playing out - in tech companies, in boardrooms, and in her own company as a leader navigating the same upheaval she's asking her team to embrace. She'll share what the data says, what her board and investors are really asking about, and what she's changing about how she spends her time and grows her skills.
What you'll take away:
- Why the manager role is more at risk from AI than most are willing to admit and what skills will separate the leaders who will thrive from those who will be managed out
- What hiring trends are revealing about the future of management
- A leadership playbook for the AI era - including how to lead a team that is upskilling alongside you, what your board is actually watching for, and why the leaders treating AI as a cost story are about to lose their jobs to the ones treating it as a revenue story
About Your Workshop Instructor
Amanda Richardson is the CEO of CoderPad, the leading platform for assessing and interviewing technical talent trusted by companies like Meta, Apple, OpenAI, Goldman Sachs, and Tesla to evaluate engineering talent. With 3500 customers, she has a front-row seat to how AI is reshaping the way companies hire, assess, and develop technical teams. Amanda brings nearly 20 years of product management and software experience, having led teams and served as an executive at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snagajob before joining CoderPad as CEO six years ago. She holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford University.