LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP FOR THE AI ERA

Good culture is the new corporate currency.

The Last Human Framework™ — the five things your people need from leadership that AI cannot deliver.

Here is what nobody is saying out loud.

89%
of managers believe their people are thriving.
24%
of employees who actually agree.

That number is jarring enough on its own. But here is the question almost no leader asks: how many people did not take the survey at all?

Because the silence is the real data in the room. The people who stopped answering are the people who stopped believing the answer would change anything. And let's be real, my friends, employees do not fully believe the survey is anonymous. In most companies, it is not.

So the people who already did not feel safe at work are the same people whose voices are missing from the report leadership is celebrating.

If that just made you uncomfortable, you are in the right place.

FROM THE BOOK

The old contract is gone. The question is what we build in its place.

The old contract was simple. You give us your time and loyalty. We give you stability, security, and a ladder.

That contract is gone. And everyone knows it.

Ann Thai delivering a keynote on workplace culture and AI

The new contract cannot promise stability. That would be a lie. What it can promise, and what it must to rebuild, is honesty. Real honesty. The kind that arrives before the decision is made, not when the Comms team is trying to clean up the mess after the announcement has already been written.

It demands dignity in every single interaction. In how people are hired. In how they are developed. In how they are let go. The 6am email is not an operational choice. It is a statement of values. And everyone in the organization is reading it.

Somewhere in the world, this is already law. A Beijing labor court ruled that dismissing an employee solely to replace them with AI is illegal. The rest of us are still deciding whether we have the will to build it before the law demands it.

The Last Human Framework™ is the working session where your leadership team stops avoiding the gap and starts closing it. Not a keynote with slides and applause. A real session with a diagnostic, a commitment, and a plan. Ann facilitates every session personally.

The Fallout
900K
tech workers laid off since 2020
$725B
Big Tech AI spending in 2026
20%+
of layoffs explicitly tied to AI
71%
of exits caused by poor management
The Opportunity
23%
higher profitability in engaged teams
59%
less turnover in high-engagement orgs
87%
higher retention with culture strategy
CHROs prioritizing culture vs. 2025
Sources: SHRM 2026, Gallup 2026, Layoffs.fyi, CNBC

This workshop is about building it before someone makes you.

Companies I've Built Inside

CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT

Five ways to bring this work to your team.

Ann Thai — Your Speaker
Your Speaker
Ann Thai
Author, facilitator, and Chief Heart Officer. Ann facilitates every session personally — no associates, no subcontractors.
01
The 60-Minute Keynote
Conferences · All-hands · Leadership summits

Good culture is the new corporate currency. A high-energy keynote on why intentional culture is the only competitive advantage AI cannot replicate — and what the best companies are doing about it right now.

60 minutes · Keynote format · Any audience size
02
The 90-Minute Briefing
Leadership offsites · All-hands · Conferences

Fast, focused, high-impact. Your leaders leave with the five-pillar framework, a scored diagnostic they can use the next day, and a 72-hour commitment to one concrete action.

50/50 teaching and exercises · Solo facilitated · Groups of 8 to 40
03
The Half-Day Experience
Intact leadership teams · Deep transformation

Deep, transformational, facilitated. Includes reflective journaling, paired exercises, a physical spectrum exercise, a full-room fishbowl dialogue, and an Action Lab where your team builds a 30-day plan with accountability.

35% teaching, 65% exercises · Solo facilitated · Groups of 8 to 40
04
Culture Mapping + Implementation
Organizations ready for real change

A 3-hour facilitated culture mapping session — mapping your current culture, identifying the gap between where you are and where you want to be, and designing the path forward. Followed by a 6-week implementation plan with accountability checkpoints.

3-hour workshop + 6-week implementation · Culture Design Canvas · Leadership team
05
Custom Build
Your team. Your moment. Your format.

Every organization is different. If none of the above fits exactly, let's build something that does. A discovery call to understand your team, your challenges, and the outcome you need — then a custom engagement designed specifically for your organization.

Custom scope · Custom timeline · Custom deliverables

THE FRAMEWORK

The five pillars.

Every pillar is built around a question your leadership team should be asking — and probably is not.

01
Leadership
Are your leaders modeling what they are asking of others?
02
The Human Cost of AI
Do you know what AI is actually doing to your people?
03
Ways We Work
Are your norms protecting the humans inside the work, or eroding them?
04
Employee Experience
Does the journey through your company match what you say you stand for?
05
Belonging
Who in your company has stopped speaking up, and do you know why?

What Your Leaders Leave With

The Last Human Diagnostic™
A scored self-assessment across all five pillars. Not a feeling. An artifact.
A 72-Hour Commitment
One concrete action, written down, with an accountability partner from the room.
A Shared Language
The five pillars, the say-do gap, silence as data. A way to talk about what matters.

ALSO AVAILABLE

Additional talks and workshops.

45-min keynote
The Case for a Chief Heart Officer
A deep-dive into the CHO role: what it is, what it isn't, and how to implement it at any stage. Perfect for HR leadership summits.
60-min workshop
Your Job Description Is Your First Culture Test
A hands-on workshop dissecting real job postings and rewriting them as culture artifacts. Ideal for talent acquisition teams.

Ann Thai is the author of The Last Human in the Room. She was restructured out of a senior role while on mental health leave. She moved to Oahu with her husband, her three-year-old daughter, and their pittie rescue. She wrote the book at a kitchen table because the framework she needed did not exist. So she built it.

She now works with senior leaders and HR professionals navigating the human cost of AI transformation. Ann facilitates every workshop personally. When she says "I’ve got you," she means it.

If you are the leader who has noticed, let's talk.

A 30-minute discovery call to learn about your team, your moment, and whether this workshop is the right fit.

Or email info@hiannthai.com with the line:

"My team needs this."

Available for in-person and virtual events · U.S. and international