Elisa Schön
Senior HR Business Partner at Tagesspiegel
Berlin, Germany
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Elisa Schön specializes in making the invisible dynamics of workplaces visible. Working at the intersection of psychology and organizational design, she helps leaders navigate rapid change without burning out their teams.
Her perspective is shaped by over a decade of hands-on People & Culture leadership. As Chief People Officer at GotPhoto and CHRO at UMI/Volkswagen, she guided teams through the messy realities of scaling from 10 to over 100 people - gaining a front-row seat to how cognitive overload affects high performers.
To better understand the mechanics behind this stress, Elisa is currently pursuing a B.Sc. in Clinical Psychology at Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg. She uses this grounding in neuroscience to translate academic research into practical, everyday frameworks for leaders.
Today, Elisa balances her role as a Senior HR Business Partner at Der Tagesspiegel with a private coaching practice dedicated to building resilience in high-stakes environments. She operates on a simple premise: Emotions are valuable data, and in an AI-driven world, safeguarding our brain health is the ultimate competitive advantage.
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Cognitive Debt - Why AI makes human judgment the bottleneck
Is AI taking work off our hands?
AI isn't just changing how we build; it's shifting our role from producing to judging.
This transition creates cognitive load.
This talk explores what happens when AI-assisted work intersects with chronic stress. Because stress impairs attention, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, it directly undercuts the exact faculties knowledge workers need to supervise AI effectively.
We won't ban AI or declare the end of human intelligence. Instead, we will examine how our cognitive systems function (the brain!) under pressure to design healthier, smarter ways to collaborate with AI.
Ultimately, the best knowledge workers in an AI-saturated workplace won't be those who output the most content, but those who maintain clarity under pressure and leverage AI without surrendering their critical thinking.
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