Private Executive Dinner – New York City
Private Executive Dinner Series | Atlanta, GA
The Leadership Problem Nobody Has Solved
A Dinner Conversation with Dr. Joel Podolny, Former Dean of Apple University, on Building Judgment, Culture, and Leadership at Scale.
Our executive dinner series is bringing together CLOs, Chief People Officers, and senior talent leaders across North America for candid conversations about the leadership challenges shaping the future of work. Next stop: Atlanta.
Join us on October 6 as we continue the conversation with a small group of Atlanta-area learning and talent executives.
JOEL PODOLNY
CEO of Honor Education, Founding Dean of Apple University, and former Dean of the Yale School of Management
KARIE WILLYERD
Head of Strategic Engagements at GP Strategies, Advisor and former CLO
Event Details
- Tuesday,
October 6, 2026
- Americano 3315 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326
- Start Time:
5.30 PM
- End Time:
9 PM
Reserve Your Seat.
We’d love you to join us.
As AI becomes available to every company and every employee at every level, what will actually differentiate one organization from another?
Competitive advantage may increasingly depend on something harder to replicate: the quality of individual discernment, the strength of organizational culture, and the ability to align people around strategy in the flow of work.
To explore this challenge, Karie Willyerd (Head of Strategic Engagements at GP Strategies, Advisor and former CLO) is delighted to host a private dinner conversation with Joel Podolny, founding Dean of Apple University and former Dean of the Yale School of Management, who spent more than a decade helping shape how Apple developed leadership, judgment, and culture at scale.
Joel and Karie will lead a discussion with a small group of Chief Learning Officers, Chief People Officers, and senior talent leaders around a question many of us are grappling with:
How do we develop judgment, culture, and leadership capability at the pace AI is being adopted?
Together, we’ll explore:
- If AI becomes ubiquitous, where will sustainable competitive advantage come from?
- How do organizations accelerate judgment and decision-making capability without sacrificing quality?
- What role should learning and leadership play in an era of intelligent agents?
- Which uniquely human capabilities will matter most in the next decade?
This will be an intimate, peer-to-peer discussion rather than a presentation, continuing a series of conversations with senior leaders across North America who are actively shaping the future of their organizations.
We’d love to have you join us
This is an intimate, invitation-style dinner for senior learning and talent leaders. Space is limited, so please RSVP by September 28, 2026 to reserve your seat.
- Tuesday,
October 6
- Americano 3315 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326
- 5.30 PM -
9.00 PM
Please RSVP by September 28, 2026 using this form or email Caitlin Bascue (Sr Director, Portfolio Marketing at GP Strategies) for any questions.