Workshop: Investigating Identity in the Face of AI 3 – 6pm EST | Thursday 24th September 2026 | Manhattan When an algorithm can generate a curriculum, write code, or analyze data in seconds, what happens to the human pride we attach to our work?
Workshop: Investigating Identity in the Face of AI 3 – 6pm EST | Thursday 24th September 2026 | Manhattan When an algorithm can generate a curriculum, write code, or analyze data in seconds, what happens to the human pride we attach to our work?
Every organization is asking its workforce to integrate AI into daily workflows. Yet, despite massive investments in tool licenses and prompt engineering tutorials, adoption frequently stalls.
When people spend decades honing a craft — whether that is instructional design, software architecture, or strategic writing — introducing automation can feel like a direct threat to their sense of expertise and autonomy. For People and L&D leaders, this creates a dual challenge:
For our upcoming SpeakEasy workshop, where we're not interested in basic AI tool tutorials.
Instead, we'll get into the good stuff. Join us to examine the psychological mechanics of craft and value attachment, explore how we speak a change language that will actually reach our colleagues and employees, and co-design "identity-safe" strategies for organizational progress.
It all comes down to the question: how do professionals decouple their sense of value from legacy tasks and redefine mastery in an AI-assisted environment?
and craft attachment through both personal and enterprise lenses
and gather live feedback in a structured peer review lab
by connecting with a diverse network of L&D and People professionals
Two free places available per organisation.*
* To qualify for a free place, you must be a professional within the L&D or HR department of an organisation with over 50 employees.
SpeakEasy is an exclusive series of networking events hosted by Cegos for anyone in the People space, including HR Managers, Heads of L&D, and Talent Leads. Join us for a quarterly gathering in New York, where participants will be treated to dynamic facilitation, delightful networking, and delectable bites. Meet peers from the industry and engage in interactive discussions on L&D topics that will fuel your work.
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