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# Elisa Schön
People leader and coach mapping how cognitive load and AI impact developer teams.

## About

Elisa Schön helps tech teams navigate cognitive overload. After a decade leading People organizations—including stints as Chief People Officer at GotPhoto and CHRO at UMI/Volkswagen—she saw how mental fatigue breaks high performers.

Currently a Senior HR Business Partner at Der Tagesspiegel, she focuses on the psychological impact of modern engineering. Her work explores how AI-assisted development shifts a developer's load from writing code to evaluating it, creating hidden mental friction.

Alongside her coaching practice, she is pursuing a clinical psychology degree to further understand how human brains handle stress.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2026 Europe · July 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany
- [Cognitive Debt - Why AI makes human judgment the bottleneck](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100174-cognitive-debt-why-ai-makes-human-judgment-the-bottleneck) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Cognitive Debt - Why AI makes human judgment the bottleneck](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100174-cognitive-debt-why-ai-makes-human-judgment-the-bottleneck) · Elisa Schön


## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisa-schoen/)