After the org chart: Rethinking hierarchy and leadership in the agentic era

“The shadow use of AI is an indicator that something's wrong with your culture if you're seeing it.”

— Eliza Filby

Andrew McAfee (MIT), historian Eliza Filby, and IBM Consulting CHRO Stephen Kelly join Wall Street Journal's Katherine Bindley to examine what breaks — and what becomes possible — when AI collides with entrenched organizational structure. From the obsolescence of the 20th-century management playbook and the shadow use of AI as a cultural signal, to middle-manager burnout, reverse mentoring, and the disruption of the path to mastery, this session argues that the transition is as generational as it is technological.

SPEAKERS

Andrew McAfee
Principal Research Scientist, AI Thought Leader, and Bestselling Author, MIT

Eliza Filby
Historian, Bestselling Author, Broadcaster, and Thought Leader

Stephen Kelly
Chief Human Resources Officer, IBM Consulting

Katherine Bindley
Technology Reporter, The Wall Street Journal