Why
attend?
Spend the day inside the conversations senior People leaders are having now: how to prepare the workforce for AI, redesign operating models, make harder talent and investment calls, measure culture with more rigour, and build teams that perform where it counts.
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attendees had to say...
What you’ll get
out of the summit
A sharper read on the 2026 People agenda: AI readiness, workforce trade-offs, succession risk, performance pressure, culture proof, and the decisions now carrying real business consequence
Hands-on workshops, closed-door roundtables, and a live vibecoding lab that move past theory and into the work itself: what to redesign, what to measure, what to protect, and where AI can sharpen decision-making
Intentional networking with a carefully selected room of senior People and HR leaders, built for candid peer insight, high-value conversation, and relationships that last beyond the day
Watch previous
summit highlights...
From broken foundations to AI agents
Christopher Weggler, People Operations & Innovation Director, Commercetools
Beyond AI: Re-engineering organizations to focus on purpose
Lisa Sherwell, Chief People Officer, Suse
Restructuring people operations as a product: Proving the ROI of people decisions
Shannon Janke, Head of People Operations, Lufthansa Hangar
During the summit you’ll
be able to...
Break the cycle
Step out of reactive mode and examine where people strategy breaks down: in execution, decision ownership, operating models, and the gap between intent and impact.
Collaborate
Compare thinking with senior People leaders facing similar pressure, from AI and workforce trade-offs to culture, performance, and scale.
Spark new ideas
Take away sharper approaches for making people strategy land, proving value, and building teams that perform where it counts.
Agenda
at a glance
Explore what happens once people strategy leaves the slide deck: where ownership gets tested, trade-offs get harder, decisions slow down, and execution determines whether good intent becomes business impact.
After the strategy deck
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Look at what it really takes for AI to earn its place in the business: workforce readiness, redesigned work, sharper capability calls, and proof that the value is more than theoretical.
The AI value test
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Move beyond being consulted late. Explore how People leaders shape business decisions earlier, influence trade-offs, and bring workforce insight into the rooms where strategy is actually set.
The strategic seat
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Examine how leadership capability needs to evolve as teams absorb more change, performance expectations rise, and managers are asked to translate strategy into day-to-day momentum.
Leadership under pressure
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Bring more substance to the culture conversation: what can be measured, what should be challenged, and how culture shows up in performance.
Beyond the pulse
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Get into why organizational change loses energy after launch, and what People leaders can do to build trust, adoption, and follow-through without adding more noise.
Change that sticks
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Speakers
75+
Attendees
95%
Senior management
60+
Companies
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