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This week’s live event with Adam Grant, Andrew McAfee, and Tracey Franklin was a big success. And our on-demand recording is live! One of our favorite moments: Instead of "cognitive debt," Adam Grant coined the term "cognitive dividend" in real-time, connecting it to scaffolding and learning theory, thinking of AI as support that actually strengthens human capability. It's how we use AI that determines the outcome. Employee mindsets are the compound interest of organizations' AI investments. Watch the recording now. And share the takeaways you found most interesting below 👇 https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03BZ4-C0

AI won’t build trust. It won’t drive change. It won’t coach your managers. But you can. This Wednesday, join Adam Grant and top HR leaders to explore why the path to GenAI performance starts with human capacity—motivation, optimism, agency—and how to lead through this next frontier with clarity and confidence. 💥 It’s not too late to join. Register now to attend live on Aug 6 🔗 https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03wHVPB0

Nearly half of employees say they’re spending time on low-value work. Executives feel urgency to adopt AI—but few are prepared to lead through it. On Aug 6, Adam Grant joins BetterUp to unpack what’s really driving today’s performance paradox — and why solving it starts with humans, not hardware. Expect data. Insight. Action. This is your strategic moment. Don’t miss it. Register now for the live event > https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03wHVPB0

What leaders need to know 👇 Despite rising investments in tech, productivity is lagging—and performance is suffering. BetterUp’s latest research reveals: 🤏 Only 1 in 3 employees are high performers. 📈 High performers deliver 400% more than average performers. 😀 Yet, they’re far more likely to have a strong sense of purpose and well-being. The bottom line: performance isn’t about squeezing more out of your team. It’s about investing in what fuels them—clarity, connection, and coaching. The companies that thrive in the age of AI? They’re doubling down on human performance. 🔗 Explore the full report: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03jkQ0z0

In Formula 1, every millisecond matters. But this year at Silverstone, the conversation between Alexi Robichaux and Toto Wolff, CEO of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, was about something even more foundational: people. Behind every precision-engineered lap and split-second pit stop is a team of 2,000+ humans pushing the limits of performance. And now, thanks to our partnership with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, every one of them has access to personalized coaching and mental fitness support through BetterUp. From the Team HQ to the pit wall, we’re helping fuel resilience, sharpen focus, and build the adaptive capacity it takes to compete at the highest level—not just once, but again and again. Toto said it best: “You cannot compete at the very limit if you are not pushing for marginal gains across every area of the business.” That includes your people. The future of elite performance isn’t just mechanical. It’s human. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gnXWJUBt

AI is reshaping everything, and we're choosing to meet that change with curiosity and optimism. At BetterUp, we're learning that the future of work isn't just about the technology — it's about the mindsets we cultivate along the way. When you invest in human potential alongside AI innovation, something powerful happens. You don't just replace human work, you enhance human capability. That's the experiment we're running on ourselves. Our learning mindset — the same one that drives everything we do at BetterUp — naturally shapes how we approach AI. We're creating space for playful experimentation, grassroots discovery, and the collaborative problem-solving that happens when people feel encouraged to explore something new. Through our AI Flight School (our grassroots, paradigm-shifting program to help our people chart their own course through AI transformation), peer-to-peer show & tell sessions, employee AI pilot programs, and communities of practice, we're building AI fluency together — measuring not just adoption, but the mindset shifts that matter: excitement about learning, confidence to innovate, and the courage to try something new. This philosophy came to life in our first-ever Custom GPT competition, where teams across BetterUp submitted their own AI creations. The winner was crowned based on real-world usage: whichever GPT was used most by our team. The winning creation? BetterUp Career Growth Architect, built by team member Atu Kyeison — a tool that seamlessly weaves together our organization’s values, behaviors, and growth expectations to support our employees in crafting their career development experience. And, it speaks directly to the heart of BetterUp’s mission: helping people reach their highest potential. Our AI journey starts with people first. We believe that when we invest in human curiosity and collaborative learning, we don't just adapt to change — we help shape what's possible: For ourselves. For our customers. Congrats, Atu Kyeison!

🚨 Just added: MIT Sloan School of Management’s Andrew McAfee is joining the conversation. A pioneer in digital economics and AI, Andrew has spent his career exploring how technology reshapes business—and what it means for the people inside it. Now, he’s bringing that insight to BetterUp. Alongside Adam Grant and Tracey Franklin, Chief People and Digital Technology Officer at Moderna, McAfee will unpack what it really takes to lead in the AI era. BetterUp’s latest research with Stanford Social Media Lab shows the biggest ROI from AI isn’t in the tools—it’s in the mindset. 🧭 People who see themselves as AI "Pilots"—curious, agentic, optimistic—are 3.4x more productive and 3.1x more likely to stay. The age of AI is here. But performance? Still powered by people. 📅 Aug 6 | 9AM PT / 12PM ET | Join the conversation →  https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03wHVPB0

🚨L&D spend is at an all-time high. But workforce performance? It’s headed the other way. Global orgs now invest over $400B annually in traditional learning and development. Yet BetterUp’s research — from onboarding data and pre-coaching baseline — shows performance is declining across every level, from the C-suite to the front lines. The paradox? The investment is there, but the outcomes aren’t. Traditional development misses the mark by ignoring the mindsets that drive lasting performance — like focus, resilience, and cognitive agility. Completion rates aren’t change. Attendance isn’t growth. We’ve built the Human Transformation Platform to solve this — by putting people, not just content, at the center of transformation. 📉 75% of employees are performing in a lower decile than they were in 2019. We know it can be different. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03ymq_F0 #WorkforcePerformance #FutureOfWork #BetterUp #CHRO

AI can’t lead change. That’s your job. While AI adoption is accelerating, BetterUp research reveals a hidden performance crisis—marked by collapsing motivation, agency, and adaptability. It’s a paradox: productivity appears stable, but human capacity is eroding. That’s why we’re convening the voices shaping the future of performance—starting with Adam Grant in conversation with Tracey Franklin, Chief People and Digital Technology Officer at Moderna. Tracey is one of the first executives to merge HR and IT into a single strategic function, making the future of work real. At the frontier of applied AI in leadership, she is actively bridging the gap between human capacity and digital transformation. Learn why the metrics that matter most might be the ones you’re not tracking. Join us to learn how leading CHROs are rethinking performance in the AI era. Register for the Aug 6 live event: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03yn8260

Across industries, AI adoption is accelerating—87% of organizations now use AI in at least one business function (McKinsey & Company, 2025). At BetterUp, we coach our teams to lead like AI Pilots—not just using AI, but learning from it, with each other, every step of the way. 🧠 67% of our employees see AI as a creative and strategic partner 💡 88% learned something valuable from a colleague about AI in the past 30 days Turns out, when you build a culture of curiosity and trust, AI becomes less of a tool and more of a teammate. We're not just adopting AI, we’re evolving with it. 👀 Read more about how to transform your people into Pilots.  https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.phubs.ly/Q03rSCng0 #BetterUp #AIMindset #PilotMindset