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World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jun 30, 2026 • Session details

AI's threat to uniqueness and belonging

Brooke Gazdag

Are AI coding assistants quietly destroying your team's culture? Discover why erasing interpersonal friction threatens true inclusion and how leaders can protect authentic human connection.

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Impact of AI tools on developer collaboration

Introducing AI assistants like GitHub Copilot shifts developer focus away from teamwork toward isolated coding.

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Decline in professional relationships and community engagement

Junior developers miss out on building crucial human relationships as platforms like Stack Overflow lose significant community engagement.

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How AI reliance impacts workplace inclusion skills

The convenience of AI removes the fundamental human necessity to navigate demanding cross-cultural and cross-functional interactions.

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The threat to psychological belonging and unique friction

AI artificially smooths over crucial task conflict and creates a false sense of safety that undermines fragile human belonging.

#5 about 2 min

Consciously designing work for meaningful human connection

Organizations must deliberately choose the productive friction of human interaction over the smooth isolation promised by AI tools.

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Addressing developer burnout and the impact of artificial intelligence

Pauline Pagliaro Pauline Pagliaro · WWC 2025

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The growing necessity of orchestrating AI in software teams

Vera Slavnić Vera Slavnić · Europe 2026 Virtual

2:51 min

Developing critical leadership skills for AI integration

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

2:08 min

The collaboration gap between AI influence and agile processes

Vera Slavnić Vera Slavnić · Europe 2026 Virtual

6:21 min

Balancing AI transformation with a people-centric approach

Alexander Birke Alexander Birke +3 · WWC 2025

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