About
Dr. Diane Hamilton helps organizations measure and grow the one skill AI can't replace: curiosity. She is a behavioral scientist who has turned curiosity into a measurable business asset. While others tell leaders to "be more curious," she focuses on why they are not, and gives them a scientifically validated system to change it. Her work sits at the intersection of behavioral science, leadership development, and organizational performance in the AI era.
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Day 1 · Wednesday, December 2, 2026
11:20 am - 11:50 am ET
Adaptive Curiosity: Finding Meaning When AI Changes What You Do
Dr. Diane Hamilton has spent her career studying what makes people curious, and what quietly shuts that curiosity down. In this fireside chat, she joins Gerhard Gschwandtner to explore her new book, Adaptive Curiosity, and the research behind it: eighty percent of working people tie their identity directly to their job, which means AI absorbing parts of that job threatens more than just tasks, it threatens meaning. Diane shares the four pathways that actually sustain purpose at work and the four hidden factors that block curiosity in the first place. A candid, unscripted conversation for anyone rethinking what their role becomes next.
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