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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Leading efficiency, empathy, and the human experience with AI

Alexander Birke , Benjamin Perlzweig , Emmanuel Viale , Ming Wu

Generative AI is a digital teammate, not a threat to job security. Discover why forward-thinking organizations replace outdated productivity metrics with developer joy to empower their human workforce.

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#1 about 7 min

Balancing AI transformation with a people-centric approach

Prioritizing collaboration and reducing friction points allows organizations to integrate artificial intelligence without threatening workforce stability.

#2 about 8 min

Coexisting with autonomous agent workflows and specialized cobots

Treating always-on automation tools as specialized coworkers shifts human engineering roles toward orchestration and system accountability.

#3 about 7 min

Applying critical thinking and trust in AI interactions

Maintaining human ingenuity and continuous learning enables workers to effectively audit and navigate automatically generated outputs.

#4 about 6 min

Driving organizational AI adoption through holistic developer joy

Shifting measurement from pure code output metrics to subjective human experience ensures sustainable productivity and smoother technology changes.

#5 about 2 min

Leveraging technology efficiency to empower and retain talent

Investing automated efficiency returns into workforce enablement helps organizations attract and empower high-performing individuals.

Matching moments

1:22 min

Preparing human resources teams for generative and agentic AI

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

4:08 min

Transitioning software engineering teams to AI-native development workflows

Florian Deter Florian Deter +4 · WWC Europe 2026

3:01 min

Adapting team structures and agile workflows for agentic tools

Clemens Wasner Clemens Wasner +4 · WWC Europe 2026

2:11 min

Harmonizing the agentic enterprise with human organizational structures

Sebastian Kister Sebastian Kister · WWC Europe 2026

2:51 min

Empowering employees with use-case driven transformation

Julia Koch Julia Koch +1 · WWC Europe 2026

2:51 min

Developing critical leadership skills for AI integration

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

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