Back to the Future of Work: The PREP Framework to Define What Makes You, You in the AI Era

Session Overview: This session explores how organizations and individuals can prepare for the future of work as AI moves from responding to prompts to proactively completing tasks. Dona Sarkar explains that AI is more likely to transform individual tasks than eliminate entire jobs, emphasizing the importance of giving AI agents clear business context, goals, metrics, and guardrails. She also outlines how organizations can accelerate innovation through small, cross-functional teams that combine technical advisors, hands-on builders, and growth leaders, sharing examples of successful AI adoption and agent development. The session closes by encouraging attendees to identify their uniquely human strengths—heart, cognition, and presence—and use them to lead and thrive in an increasingly AI-driven workplace.

Speakers:

• Dona Sarkar, Chief Troublemaker-Microsoft Enterprise AI Advocacy at Microsoft