Rewiring for the Intelligent Era - Designing the AI-Native Organisation | unDavos 2026

A philosopher, a Microsoft adoption leader, a Swisscom trust executive, and an innovation strategist walk into a fireside chat — and agree on one thing: the biggest barrier to AI-native organizations is not technology but the cognitive dissonance between the C-suite and the workforce. From Karuana Gatimu's blunt take on Copilot to a neuroscience-backed argument for slowing down, this panel challenges the 'move fast' orthodoxy.

WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS

• The disconnect between C-suite strategy and frontline reality is the primary adoption blocker — leaders and workers are 'not living in the same reality'
• Microsoft's AI adoption lead argues speed kills: 'slow down to speed up' is the single most important advice for CEOs implementing AI at scale
• Swisscom's trust framework rests on three questions every AI deployment must answer: Who am I talking to? Who is accountable if it goes wrong? What is authentic?
• Philosopher Topia argues we have forgotten what it means to be human — resistance to AI comes from a legitimate place, and leaders need to face their own ignorance before pushing adoption
• Budgeting cycles are a hidden blocker: yearly or five-year planning horizons cannot match the speed of external AI change, and governance reform may matter more than culture change

PANELISTS

• Stephan Balzer — Keynote Speaker, Host & Moderator; Managing Director, red onion (Moderator)
• Dan Sandu — Innovation Strategist
• Topia — Philosopher
• Christina Hirsch — EVP, Digital Trust Business, Swisscom
• Karuana Gatimu — Director, Customer Advocacy for AI & Collaboration, Microsoft

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Tags: AI-native organization, AI adoption, culture change, digital trust, Swisscom, Microsoft Copilot, AI governance, leadership, C-suite, philosophy, slow down, budgeting, human-centered AI, Davos 2026, unDavos, REWIRE