Private Executive Dinner – New York City
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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.
This event has reached capacity and RSVPs are now closed. If you would like to be added to the wait list, please use the button below and we will follow up if a seat becomes available. For questions, please contact Caitlin Bascue, Sr Director, Portfolio Marketing at GP Strategies.
JOEL PODOLNY
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, July 14, 2026
- Flatiron Room Murray Hill, 9 E 37th St, New York, NY 10016
- 5:30 PM ET cocktails
- 6:30PM ET dinner
- 9PM anticipated close
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This event is at capacity.
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 expore:
- 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. We estimate we will have approximately 15 senior leaders who are actively shaping the future of their organizations.
Registration is now closed
- Tuesday,
July 14, 2026
- Flatiron Room Murray Hill, 9 E 37th St, New York, NY 10016
- 5:30 PM ET cocktails,
6:30PM ET dinner,
9PM anticipated close
This event is at capacity
Please RSVP by July 2, 2026 using this form or email Caitlin Bascue (Sr Director, Portfolio Marketing at GP Strategies) for any questions.