New York City
CAGED BIRD HR SUMMIT
An Intentional day of learning, connection, and community for Intentional people.
An in-person summit in New York City for people seeking intentional learning environments, high-value insight, and community with others who approach work and life thoughtfully.
Agenda
One day means we all have to be present and purposeful
9am
9:15 – 10:15am
10:30am– 12:00 pm
12:00 – 1:00 PM
1:15 – 2:15 PM
2:30 – 3:30pm
3:45 – 4:30pm
2:30 – 3:30pm
5:30 – 6:00pm
6:00 – 9:00pm
Welcome from the CEO
Setting the intention for the day
Why labor strategy and life strategy cannot be separated
Corporate Consciousness
Understanding Labor, Power, and Identity in Corporate Spaces
An honest conversation about how corporate systems shape the lived experiences of marginalized and minority workers. The discussion centers on structures, incentives, and power rather than individual failure. Attendees gain language, awareness, and strategy to move through professional environments with clarity instead of self blame.
90 Minute Workshop Block 1
AI at Work
How AI Actually Works and Where Humans Still Matter
A deep dive into how AI systems function, where they fail, and how value is created in AI driven companies. Participants learn to identify where they add value, how to avoid being sidelined by automation, and how to position themselves strategically alongside technology.
Transferable Skills
Turning Survival Into Strategy
An interactive workshop focused on identifying and translating skills developed through caregiving, burnout, layoffs, pivots, and lived experience. Participants leave with a reusable framework for articulating their value across roles and industries, and how to frame these skills in a resume.
Lunch and Facilitated Connections
Ask for what you need, and connect with whoever in the room can help. Community will carry us through.
Concurrent Sessions Block A
The Documentation Gap
Why most people document too late or not at all
What strengthens a record over time
How documentation protects both legal and internal advocacy
Giving your all while losing it all
Understanding burnout as a systemic issue rather than a personal failure
Why rest alone does not fix it
Building sustainable energy and recovery practices
Concurrent Sessions Block B
Work Track
Leadership in the Age of AI
This session explores how leadership is evolving as AI reshapes decision-making, management, and power inside organizations. Rather than focusing on titles or technical fluency, it centers judgment, ethics, and human responsibility.
Life Track
Strategic Personal Finance for Long-Term Freedom
This session focuses on building wealth over time through intentional planning rather than short-term hustle or consumer-driven decisions. The goal is to help interns and early career professionals understand how financial choices connect to autonomy, career flexibility, and reduced dependence on unstable work environments.
Cross Track Fireside Conversation
Risk, Safety, and Survival at Work
How People Actually Make Career Decisions
This conversation reframes career decision-making away from ambition narratives and toward risk management. Instead of asking why people do not leave unhealthy workplaces sooner or take bolder professional risks, this session examines the real constraints they face. Financial pressure, family responsibility, health, immigration status, and structural inequality all shape what feels possible.
This fireside creates space for honesty without judgment. It helps attendees understand their past choices with compassion while developing clearer frameworks for future decisions.
Concurrent Sessions Block C
Work Track
Exits With Intention
Strategic exits versus reactive exits
Severance, references, and reputation protection
Leaving without burning future opportunities
Life Track
Preparing for Disruption
Anticipating layoffs, illness, caregiving, and sudden change
Building optionality before crisis hits
Maintaining confidence and direction without urgency
Making space for grief while staying oriented toward the future
Dinner and Day Close
Reflection prompts and transition into the evening
Invitation to power down devices
Phones begin to be put away
No Phones Party
Phones fully off and stored
Music, movement, conversation, and joyA space to reconnect without productivity or performance