Beyond Skills
Optimizing the Human "Being" in the Age of AI
Before you can shift your role, you must shift how you operate. This pre-conference session sets the stage for Lead the Shift: Talent Development's Role in an AI World by starting with the one thing AI can't replicate: you.
As AI continues to flatten the value of knowledge and technical expertise, what will set talent development professionals apart isn't just what they know — it's who they are and how they operate. In this highly interactive session, Ryan Gottfredson explores the Being/Doing distinction and why upgrading your internal operating system — self-awareness, emotional intelligence, adaptive judgment, presence — is essential for staying relevant and credible in an AI-shaped world.
You'll assess your own internal patterns, identify hidden constraints that may be limiting your effectiveness, and leave with a personalized picture of your strengths and blind spots — plus practical micro-practices and a development path for becoming the kind of talent development professional organizations will need even more as AI reshapes the field. It's the ideal starting point before the conference asks you to bring that same self-awareness into the strategic, organizational work ahead.
Receive a 20% discount on this workshop if attending the conference! To receive the discount code register for the conference first.
Attendees will receive 1.5 CEU toward APTD and CPTD certification/recertification.
Speaker Info
Ryan Gottfredson
Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Success Mindsets, The Elevated Leader, and Becoming Better: The Groundbreaking Science of Personal Transformation. He helps executives and leadership teams elevate their sophistication and effectiveness by upgrading the internal operating system that drives how they think, respond, decide, and lead. Through his 6th Gear Leadership framework, Ryan equips leaders to navigate complexity with greater clarity, capacity, and impact. He has worked with top teams at CVS Health, Deutsche Telekom, Experian, Kaiser Permanente, and the Federal Reserve Bank. A former leadership professor and researcher at California State University-Fullerton, Ryan is a go-to expert on the deeper development required for transformational leadership.
