Opening Keynote

A dialogue with human nature

What does it take for our brains to do their best work in the AI age?
Time
10:00
Speakers
Louise Opprud, Founder & CEO, Work Life Lab

We have the shortest attention span in human history, and the skills that matter most in the AI age demand our full attention. Louise Opprud on the biology of big thinking and how to build deep work cultures.

Today we have the shortest attention span in human history. We get distracted every two minutes at work, we switch focus on digital screens every 47 seconds, and work feels chaotic and never-ending.

Is this a problem? Yes. The skills that have real value in the AI age center on creative problem solving, originality and technological learning. These skills are increasingly demanding for the brain, and the brain cannot perform any of them while it is distracted. The result is slow AI adoption, work slop, and overwhelmed employees who can't perform on the work that matters most.

In this talk she will unpack:

  • The digital work disaster
  • The biology of big thinking: what the brain needs to perform on the skills of the future
  • How to build deep work cultures for the AI era