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Panel: Investing in People in the Intelligent Age: Resilient Culture, Mental Health, and the Future of Leadership

PANELISTS
Nancy Doyle, Founder, Genius Within
Kay Sargent, Senior Principal, HOK
Silvan Ruthenburg, Senior Partner, Neosity
Nadine Schönwald, Head of Digital Sales and Client Engagement, The Adecco Group
MODERATOR
Mark Kelly, Former Global Head of Wellbeing, BCG
Resilient organizations aren’t built by pushing people harder, but by designing cultures that help them last.
As organizations accelerate the adoption of AI and digital transformation, a parallel crisis is unfolding: rising burnout, eroding trust, and leadership cultures that ask people to adapt faster than systems are willing to change. This session reframes investing in people as a core strategy for resilience in the Intelligent Age.
Through an intergenerational lens, the panel examines how leadership behaviors—modeling healthy boundaries, psychological safety, and genuine care—directly shape organizational performance, retention, and innovation. Neurodivergent perspectives illuminate how environments that ignore mental health and cognitive difference quietly undermine talent, while inclusive cultures unlock sustained contribution from a wider range of minds.
Moving beyond wellness as a peripheral benefit, the conversation explores how resilient cultures are intentionally designed: where mental health is treated as a leadership responsibility, empathy is embedded in decision-making, and care is recognized as a competitive advantage.