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Executive leadership dinner

Human-Centered Investment in the Age of AI

September 24, 2026, 6:30 PM
San Francisco, United States

An off the record dinner where people leaders have a peer discussion on what's working and what isn't when it comes to keeping people engaged, retained, and performing in a moment of rapid change.

AI is creating efficiency pressure from above and anxiety from below. Employees are worried about their roles, their futures, and their financial stability. This is a chance to hear how peers are responding and where they're investing in their people next.

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Aura Finance is a psychology-based financial engagement platform. Think Noom, but for money: the same behavioral methods used in addiction recovery and anxiety treatment, applied to how employees relate to money, so financial stress stops following people into work.

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What's Actually Working: People Leaders on Human Investment in the AI Era

AI is reshaping how work gets done, but the companies winning are not the ones automating the most. They are the ones investing most intentionally in their people. This dinner is a space for CHROs and people leaders to step back from the noise and talk honestly with peers about what is actually working and what is not.

How to hold engagement, performance, and retention steady when the nature of work is shifting underneath you
What employees are really anxious about right now, from role security to financial stability, and how leaders are responding
Where investment in people is paying off, and where spend is going nowhere
How to make the internal case for human investment when the pressure from above is efficiency

What guests say

Thinking about joining? Here's what guests say about a FIP event. Honest conversations with peers on the topics that matter to them.

The food was delicious, I met some very impressive fellow people leaders, and the host did a great job of making the conversation feel casual yet helpful.

Sally Bolig

Principal Enablement Manager | Optimizely

About this dinner

An off the record dinner where people leaders have a peer discussion on what's working and what isn't when it comes to keeping people engaged, retained, and performing in a moment of rapid change. AI is creating efficiency pressure from above and anxiety from below. Employees are worried about their roles, their futures, and their financial stability. This is a chance to hear how peers are responding and where they're investing in their people next.