Erin Diehl The Human Skills Strategist - Using improv to build the human skills AI can't replace

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• Human Leadership in the Age of AI
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  Human Leadership in the Age of AI

  Leading Yourself and Others When Everything Accelerates

  Erin Diehl believes that leadership is not defined by titles but by the actions leaders take every day. In the age of AI, that belief matters more than ever. As technology accelerates decision-making, communication, and expectations, leaders are being asked to move quickly while still creating trust, connection, and clarity for their teams.

  While AI can process information at scale, it cannot build culture, model humanity, or create psychological safety. That responsibility still belongs to leaders. In this interactive keynote, Erin Diehl brings human leadership back to the center of the conversation, showing why empathy, emotional intelligence, and intentional communication are essential leadership skills in a fast-moving world.

  Throughout the session, leaders explore how their thoughts act as inputs, their words become prompts, and their actions create outputs that shape culture. AI does not create culture. It scales what already exists. When clarity, fear, empathy, or ego are present in leadership, acceleration simply makes those qualities louder, which is why unexamined leadership becomes one of the greatest risks in the age of AI.

  Be prepared to use movement to START a movement of positivity and self-awareness that will awaken your mind, body, and leadership presence. This is an extremely interactive one-hour keynote session that infuses play, improv, and experiential learning to help leaders reconnect with themselves and with others.

  If you want to enhance empathetic leadership at all levels and create a culture rooted in abundance rather than scarcity, (especially in the midst of rapid change and innovation), this is the session for you.

  Participant Learning Objectives

  Participants will:

  • Shift from scarcity-based thinking into more intentional, abundance-driven leadership that supports clarity and confident decision-making in fast-moving environments

  • Understand how thoughts act as inputs, how words and tone become prompts, and how both directly shape behavior, culture, and outcomes

  • Recognize how personal energy influences empathy, and how empathy impacts trust, communication, and team performance at scale

  • Reconnect with their visionary leadership power and learn how to harness it with intention, especially during times of acceleration and change

  • Create and implement their own i.D.i.e.h.l. Day, a practical framework for aligning thoughts, language, and actions in daily leadership moments

  • Translate thoughts and words into consistent, values-driven actions that model the kind of leadership they want to see in their teams

  • Walk away with a stronger understanding of self-awareness, empathy, and a clear roadmap for leading with humanity, confidence, and purpose in the age of AI

  
  60-minute Interactive Keynote Session
• “F” WORDS AT WORK
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  “F” WORDS AT WORK

  Redefine Failure, and #Failfluence Your Way to Success

  The Global Pandemic created a feeling of extreme failure for many people. This demonstration of defeat led to The Great Resignation and stifled innovation and less-than-ideal foundations of company culture.

  Is there a secret sauce to redefining failure in the workplace? Yes. The answer is celebrating our failures (FAIL, YEAH!)

  Erin Diehl, failing forward keynote speaker, has facilitated this keynote for companies globally and all over the US. She is your “keepin it real failfluencer bestie” who teaches you that failure is not an option - it is a MUST.

  In this extremely interactive session, attendees will be on their feet as they practice viewing failure as “gifts” and gain an understanding that failing frequently leads to the fundamentals of success. Audience participation is required as Erin edutains through storytelling and improv-based activities. Wear comfortable shoes (shout out to the #slippersquad), and get prepared to get comfortable with the uncomfortable.

  If you want to innovate, ideate, and up-level your professional presence and company culture - getting comfy with failure is the only way.

  Participant Learning Objectives:

  • Understand that the fear of failure is very common, and learn tools to change the narrative

  • Learn ways to see your failures as “gifts’ versus mistakes

  • Hold yourself accountable to failing frequently

  • Become a #failfluencer to those around you

  • How to failfluence using the m.o.v.e.o.n. method

  • Overcome perfectionism and embrace failing your way to success!