Session Focus: A design charrette exploring how AI mentors can support managers in building more inclusive, scalable NextGen talent pipelines.

This interactive design charrette brings talent and learning leaders together to explore how AI mentors can support managers as coaches—especially in apprenticeship and early-career pathways.

Borrowed from architecture, a design charrette brings experienced practitioners together to solve complex problems quickly.
ELE Design Charrettes—introduced by Alaska Fu, ELE’s Experience Designer—are focused, peer-powered working conversations that help leaders co-create and refine practical approaches in 50–90 minutes.

Building on ELE’s October discussion on apprenticeships and belonging, this conversation shifts from concept to design. Participants will examine where AI can strengthen manager capability, reinforce inclusion, and support learning closer to real work—without replacing human judgment.

Here’s what that looks like in practice—leaders working through real decisions together.

This work builds AIQ—helping managers use AI as a thinking partner, not a replacement.

This design charrette brings leaders together to explore how AI mentors can support real managerial decisions—before scaling anything.

“AI mentors work when they help managers make better decisions—not faster guesses. That’s where confidence and capability actually grow.”
— Mike Hruska, co-founder Baryon

AIQ sits alongside IQ and EQ.
It’s the ability to know what to delegate to AI, how to integrate its output into real workflows, and when human judgment matters most.
Managers can tap the collective intelligence of AI mentors to move faster—without losing trust, context, or accountability.

Who Should Join This discussion is designed for senior HR, talent, learning, business, and change leaders who are actively navigating AI-driven transformation. If you’re balancing experimentation with real organizational constraints—and want to learn from peers facing similar tradeoffs—you’ll be in the right room. How This Works Each discussion runs for 50 minutes and blends a short framing insight with open, peer-driven exchange. There are no slides to sit through and no pitches—just focused conversation designed to surface what’s working, what’s not, and what leaders are trying next as AI reshapes work. Join the ELE Conversation These every-other-Friday discussions are part of ELE’s ongoing peer exchange for leaders shaping talent and work in the AI era. Come ready to listen, contribute, and learn alongside peers testing ideas in real organizations and sharing what they’re learning.

Recordings are posted to ELE Insights within 2–4 business days.