Tag: Collaboration


  • The Team Homer Built

    If I’m ever stranded in a broken elevator with six strangers, I’d avoid divisive topics: politics, religion, AI, and pizza. Instead, I’d pass the time discussing one man: Homer Simpson. Homer and I go way back. He was there in 1st grade, when my school banned Simpsons from the dress code. He was there in my latchkey pre-teen years of cooking dinner for the family with the house to myself. And he’s been there in memes ever since, gingerly fading into boxwoods when things get awkward. Homer also happens to…

  • Burnout in the Age of AI

    Why Faster Systems Still Need Human Leaders Abstract  AI promises efficiency and acceleration—but faster systems don’t automatically create healthier teams. In this session, we explore how AI adoption can unintentionally increase cognitive load, ambiguity, and burnout. Learn how adaptive leaders align purpose, data, and delivery tactics to build resilient teams in an AI-enabled future of work. Description As organizations adopt AI, project cycles accelerate, reporting becomes predictive, and expectations rise. Yet many teams feel more overwhelmed—not less. Why? Because AI increases output, complexity, and decision pressure—but it does not increase…