The next five years will bring unprecedented shifts in how organizations function, lead, and engage their people. This session equips leaders, HR professionals, and organizational strategists with the insight and tools to thrive in this evolving landscape. Participants will explore 10 emerging workplace trends—from hybrid work redesign and AI integration to evolving employee expectations—and critically evaluate their impact on organizational effectiveness.
Building on this foundation, the session highlights three strategic implications for talent systems, leadership behaviors, and employee experience, offering a roadmap for aligning people practices with future demands. Attendees will then apply three measurable action steps to prepare their organizations for AI-era transitions, ensuring readiness for both technological and cultural transformation.
The conversation will also address the behavioral and cultural risks of AI adoption, unpacking how automation reshapes leadership dynamics around power, transparency, and decision-making, while surfacing psychological risks such as disengagement and burnout. Using an industrial-organizational (I-O) lens, participants will evaluate workforce readiness and talent implications, diagnosing skill gaps, team dynamics, and the conditions necessary for healthy, high-performing human–AI collaboration.
Finally, the session guides participants in building a people-centered narrative that drives alignment and ethical implementation. Leveraging a practical canvas, attendees will define guiding principles, focus areas, and success measures that protect dignity, strengthen trust, and foster long-term organizational resilience.
By the end of this session, participants will leave with actionable insights, a clear framework for navigating workplace change, and the confidence to lead their organizations into the AI-powered future with integrity and impact.
Presenters
Alexandra Levit is the founder and CEO of Inspiration at Work, a woman-owned futurist consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations and their employees remain competitive and marketable in the evolving business landscape. A former nationally syndicated columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Alexandra is also a prolific author whose bestselling books include They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, Humanity Works: Merging People and Technologies for the Workforce of the Future, and Deep Talent: How to Transform Your Organization and Empower Your Employees Through AI.
She recently earned a certificate in strategic foresight from the University of Houston, further strengthening her expertise in anticipating and shaping the future of work. Through consulting, writing, and proprietary research, Alexandra advises Fortune 500 companies such as Adecco, American Express, Deloitte, and Intuit on critical issues including leadership, management, human resources, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, innovation, skills gaps, generational and gender dynamics, and DEI.
Recognized as an American Management Association Top Leader for two consecutive years and named Money Magazine’s Online Career Expert of the Year, Alexandra was also honored on the prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list. Her influence extends globally: she has spoken at hundreds of organizations across five continents, including Abbott, ADP, Bank of America, Cardinal Health, Campbell Soup, Exelon, the Federal Reserve Bank, McDonald’s, Microsoft, PepsiCo, the Society for Human Resource Management, and Whirlpool.
Kelly Monahan, PhD, is an organizational psychologist whose research examines the intersection of human behavior, organizational systems, and emerging technologies. She is the Founder and CEO of Beyond the Desk, where she advises global organizations on workforce transformation, leadership development, and ethical AI adoption. Her scholarship includes peer-reviewed research, large-scale workforce studies, and the co-authored best-selling book Essential, which explores the future of leadership in a digitally accelerated world.
Prior to founding Beyond the Desk, Dr. Monahan held research leadership roles in Big Tech at Meta and Upwork, where she led studies on workforce dynamics, human–AI interaction, and the future of talent. She also spent more than a decade in consulting at Accenture and Deloitte, guiding executives on organizational change, leadership strategy, and evidence-based management. She has taught in graduate programs on organizational behavior and continues to publish and speak globally on building humane, adaptive organizations in the age of AI.
Activity
Virtual Workshop
Intended Audience
Solid understanding of the basic concepts covered in this learning program is assumed and may not be discussed or only discussed briefly in this learning program. Intended for someone with some experience in this content area.
Level
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
- Identify 10 upcoming workplace trends and evaluate their impact on organizational function and effectiveness over the next 5 years
- Learn 3 strategic implications of these trends for talent systems, leadership behaviors, and employee experience
- Apply 3 measurable action steps to prepare your organization for AI-era transitions
- Identify the behavioral and cultural risks of AI adoption: Understand how AI alters core leadership dynamics such as power, transparency, and decision-making, while also assessing the psychological risks including disengagement and burnout.
- Evaluate workforce readiness and talent implications: Apply an I/O lens to diagnose skill gaps, team dynamics, and the conditions necessary for healthy, high-performing human–AI collaboration.
- Build a people-centered narrative that drives alignment and ethical implementation: Use the canvas to define guiding principles focus areas, and success measures that protect dignity, strengthen trust, and foster long-term organizational resilience.
Topic
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Date
February 4, 2026
Time
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration Capacity
300
Cost
$159 Members: $189 Non-Members; $170 Affiliates
Registration Deadline
February 4, 2026
Delivery Type
Live, Online
Certification Type
American Psychology Association (APA), HR Certification Institute (HRCI), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Number of Credits
2.75
Workshop Coordinator
SIOP Committee
Workshops and Learning Programs Committee
