AI adoption doesn't stall because the technology is too complicated. It stalls because leaders skip the harder work of trust, culture, and change management. In this fireside chat, John Adcock, co-founder of Kinsugi Labs and former Chief People Officer at Eventbrite, sits down to unpack what actually separates organizations where AI sticks from ones where it gets quietly abandoned. Drawing on two decades of executive HR leadership at Eventbrite and Expedia Group — and on Kinsugi Labs' current work guiding companies through live AI rollouts — John will share insights on what can sink AI adoption long before a single tool is rolled out, and how leaders can build AI directly into their broader business strategy from the start.
This talk will be eligible for SHRM credits. Questions for John are welcome!
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Co-Founder, Kinsugi Labs
John Adcock is a co-founder of Kinsugi Labs and a human-centered AI transformation strategist with over two decades of executive HR leadership, including roles as Chief People Officer at Eventbrite and Vice President of Human Resources at Expedia Group (HomeAway). He has led global workforce expansion, equity and compensation strategy, and large-scale organizational change for companies navigating growth, M&A, and technology adoption. At Kinsugi Labs, John applies that experience to help organizations build durable, people-first AI transformations.
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