But that doesn't mean it asks nothing of us.
I'm not here to explain theories about finding value. I built products, a team of agents, and Cleo, who conceived this page. I didn't do it to prove anything, but the process proved one thing to me clearly: the human is not in the loop. The human is the loop.
If you want another nice inspirational talk about the future of work, this isn't the evening for you. But if you've realized the rules of the game have changed, come.
+Who here felt this year, even for a split second, the fear that a text file or a line of code could do their job better than them? Execution got cheap. So value moves: to judgment, taste, experience, trust and point of view. I'm not in the loop. I am the loop. So if tomorrow morning they take away your title, who are you? That's what the talk is about.
For anyone watching the layoffs and the apologetic posts all around, who wants to walk away with a move, not just a thought. The meaning and the move.
And for anyone not yet asking this about themselves, who just understands this reality needs to be looked at straight. Better early, better with a laugh, better not alone.
Which is exactly the idea of the talk: the agents ask, the human answers. Have a listen.
Same talk, two formats: in the room, or live online from anywhere.
The system always tried to draw us a box and push us inside. Now there is a technology that does what is inside the box far faster than we do.
We will talk about how to flip the equation: from passively waiting to be replaced, to understanding how your "scratch", your "scatter" or your scar is exactly what will grow and multiply you in this new world.
What happens when one day your label is taken away? AI is no longer just at the office, it meets us everywhere in life, and when the algorithm writes, plans and calculates better than we do, it shakes things.
But when it happens, the real value shows up. We will take apart and rebuild a spine based on one simple understanding: I connect my own dots. An "I" that does not depend on any organization, environment or status that could change tomorrow morning.
Keeping your head down and waiting for the AI wave to pass is not an option, and enough with philosophy in the air.
We will leave with one concrete move, practical and kicking, that forces you to stop waiting for someone else to build for you or give you permission. How to start using this technology in your daily life to bring you back to yourself.
Because I walked this road myself. I didn't read about it in theory, I lived it. From losing the title and peeling off the labels, to building products, a team of agents, and Cleo, all without writing a single line of code. I'm not coming to talk to you about inspiration, but to show you exactly the path I took.
For as long as I can remember, when people ask who I am, I answer: I connect the dots.
Life asked a lot of me. A third-culture kid who grew up in Kenya, navigating between systems of rules and borders. Chapter one, chapter two, blending families. Employee, freelancer, employee again. Diagnosed with ADHD at 36. A manager with a track record who was let go twice, always with the feeling that I had far more to give than the organization allowed.
Today I understand it was all connecting dots. The system simply didn't know how to file it, so it called it "scattered", drew me a box and pushed me inside.
Last January they took my label away. So I did the only thing I knew: I went to build what would grow and multiply me. I built a product, a team of agents, and Cleo, who answers her own emails. All without a single line of code in my biography. Let the record show.
When that happens, when you allow it, this ability that everyone has reveals itself again. The twist, the scratch, the scar. Call it what you like. That's the part that's worth something, and it's you.
Along the way I meet plenty of people who say "I'm comfortable, work is like family", and organizations that only experiment cautiously. But this isn't going anywhere. There's a technology here that can empower us and bring us back to ourselves, if we only learn to use it right. Ignore it, keep your head down and wait for it to pass? That's simply not an option.
Come. It'll be interesting.
Anat Weissman
In the room, or online from anywhere.
A symbolic price that turns "maybe" into "see you there".