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Al Adamsen
Al Adamsen helps executives lead AI-enabled workforce transformation while protecting trust and culture. Founder of Adaptive Futures and the People Analytics and Future of Work conference series, Al has advised Apple, Cisco, and Whole Foods.
Al Adamsen is a researcher and advisor on the future of work, executive decision-making, and AI-enabled workforce transformation. He helps leadership teams adopt AI while protecting human agency, trust, and culture.
Al is the founder of Adaptive Futures and Principal Analyst of The Future of Work Project. For more than ten years he has hosted the People Analytics and Future of Work (PAFOW) conference series he founded, with events in San Francisco, Philadelphia, London, and Sydney. Earlier in his career he held hands-on roles at EY, Gap Inc., and IBM's Kenexa, and advised companies including Apple, Cisco, and Whole Foods.
His evidence-based frameworks, including the AWARE model, a Workforce Planning Model, and the 10 Dimensions of Employee Experience, give executives a practical way to decide where AI fits, how work should be redesigned, and what people need in order to adapt. He tailors each session to its audience, from C-suite teams to managers and individual contributors, and works across mainstage keynotes, executive masterclasses, and fireside chats.
Audiences leave with a clearer framework for making faster decisions in uncertain conditions, practical ways to communicate across distributed teams, and a plan for building employee experience and culture that holds up through change.
Book Al for evidence-based guidance on leading people and organizations through AI and ongoing disruption.
Topics, sessions and talks
Most AI programs focus on the technology and leave the workforce to catch up. Drawing on research from The Future of Work Project, Al Adamsen shifts the conversation from adoption to design, showing leaders how to build workforce cultures where automation works alongside human empathy, critical judgment, and strategic alignment. His approach helps teams decide where AI adds value and where people stay in charge. The result is a path to AI transformation that protects human agency and trust.
Rapid change and ongoing disruption are testing leadership systems built for more stable times. Al Adamsen gives executives evidence-based frameworks, including his AWARE model, for making sense of shifting conditions and responding with purpose. He covers how to build trust across the organization when certainty is in short supply and how to design leadership structures that hold up under pressure. Executives come away with a practical model for leading through AI adoption and continued change.
Slow, reactive decisions stall organizations. Al Adamsen shows leaders how to move from ad hoc choices to a systematic approach to decision-making that works from the boardroom to the frontline. He sets out practical strategies for clearing bottlenecks, delegating authority without losing control, and speeding up alignment across teams. Drawing on his research into executive decision-making, he tailors the session to C-suite teams, managers, and individual contributors. Leaders gain a repeatable way to decide faster with confidence.
Distributed teams and constant information overload have left traditional management tactics falling short. Al Adamsen equips leaders with practical frameworks for communicating in ways that land, whether their teams share an office or span time zones. He goes beyond standard feedback models to cover how leaders can build authentic connection, keep people aligned, and create the conditions for high-performing teams. The result is communication habits leaders can apply immediately to strengthen trust and team performance.
Retaining talent depends on understanding what shapes people's experience at work. Grounded in Al Adamsen's 10 Dimensions of Employee Experience framework, this session shows how to turn workforce insights into targeted action. Al covers practical strategies for improving retention, designing agile networks, and building cultures resilient enough to withstand disruption. He draws on his work in people analytics to connect data with day-to-day decisions. Organizations gain a clear, evidence-based plan for an employee experience that holds up through change.
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